Indian Firm Builds Roads Using Plastic Waste
印度公司利用廢塑料造路
By Chia-Chin Ho, David Lee
【新聞關鍵字】
1.to take advantage of: v.phr. 利用
2.piling heaps： n. 打樁成堆
3.non-biodegradable: adj. 生物無法分解的
4.hub: n. 集散地
5.conventional： adj. 傳統的
A company in India’s southern city of Bangalore has found a way to take advantage of the country’s piling heaps of garbage, by turning the non-biodegradable plastic into roads.
一家位於印度南部城市Bangalore的公司發明了一種方法來善加利用該國打樁成堆的垃圾，那就是將這些生物無法分解的塑料運用在道路的鋪設上。
K.K. Plastic Waste Management turns thousands of tons of waste plastic from India’s technology and IT hub into roads. They last longer than conventional roads and rid the city of its excess plastic.
K.K.廢塑料管理公司將成千上萬噸來自印度科技和IT中心的廢塑料用來修建公路。由廢塑料鋪成的道路比傳統的道路能使用的更久，亦可解決城市中過剩的塑料。
【新聞關鍵字】
6.garbage bin: n. 垃圾箱
7.municipal： adj. 市政的
8.rag picker: n. 拾荒者
9.asphalt： n. 瀝青、柏油
10.churn： v. 攪拌
Plastic waste is collected from garbage bins across the city through a network of municipal workers, rag pickers and their own employees. Then the plastic is shred into tiny pieces and mixed with asphalt.
廢塑料的來源是藉由整個城市的市政人員，拾荒者以及自己員工的網絡從各處的垃圾箱收集而來的。然後，將塑料切成小碎塊，並與柏油混合。
The company’s managing director says the idea came to him 10 years ago when various organizations started anti-plastic campaigns, putting their plastic churning factories in danger of being shut down.
該公司的總經理說，這個主意是他10年前想起的，當時各種組織開始進行反塑膠運動，這使得他們的塑料攪拌廠陷入倒閉的危機中。
[Ahmed Khan, K.K. Plastic Waste Management]:
“If plastic is not used properly, if it is used only in landfills, then there is no end for this. Every day there is a generation of 10,000 tons of waste plastic and it would all go to landfills, how much you can do that? There should be an end, and after filling the land it will not degenerate or bio-degrade, and ultimately it will be a problem so this is the best solution: to use it in road construction. Road construction, if it is fully used… all that waste plastic generated can be embedded in the roads."
[Ahmed Khan, K.K.廢塑料管理公司]:
「如果廢塑料處理不當，如果它都只堆放在垃圾掩埋場裡，那麼這永遠都不會結束。每天都有1萬噸廢塑料的產生而這些全都將堆放在垃圾掩埋場裡，但有多少空間可以讓你這樣存放呢？將來應該會有用盡的一天，而掩埋後的那些垃圾不會衰退或被生物分解，最終這將是一個問題，因此最好的解決辦法：就是將它利用在道路建設。道路建設，如果充分利用的話…所有被產生的廢塑料都可嵌入在道路之中。」
【新聞關鍵字】
11.enhance: v. 提高
12.blend： v. 混合
13.dissolve: v. 溶解
14.bituminous： adj. 瀝青的
15.void： n. 空隙
16.withstand： v. 抵擋
17.deterioration： n. 惡化、退化
18.hazard： n. 危害物質
19.decompose: v. 分解
20.choke： v. 使窒息
Khan said they have helped build more than 8,000 miles of roads, and it’s even possible to completely use all the waste plastic in India to build more roads.
Khan說，這些廢塑料已經協助鋪設了8000多英里的公路，之後甚至可以完全使用所有的廢塑料在印度興建更多的道路。
A roads expert says the process of mixing plastic waste in road construction serves the dual purpose of getting rid of the plastic and enhancing the performance of the road.
一位道路專家說，這種利用混合廢塑料來建設公路的過程，能達到處理廢塑料以及提高道路性能之雙重目的。
[Professor C.E.G. Justo, Road Expert]:
“It (waste plastic) is mixed in the bituminous mix, in the hot mix plant and it forms a mix. It does not really blend with it or does not dissolve with the bitumen, but it blends with it, gets into some of the voids of the bituminous mix and makes it more resistant to deterioration under wet weather conditions, or it can withstand the rainfall and the deterioration in a better way than other roads.”
[Professor C.E.G. Justo, 道路專家]:
“它（廢塑料）是被攙入至瀝青的混合物裡頭，在高溫的熔合設備裡形成新的混合物。它並不真正的和瀝青混合，也不是溶解於瀝青中，但經由它們的結合，廢塑料可以滲入瀝青混合物的空隙中，使之對於潮濕的天候所造成的惡化更有抵抗力，此外亦可抵擋雨量所造成的破壞以及自身的退化，這是一個能造出比其他一般道路更好的方法。 “
Plastic is considered an environmental hazard as it does not decompose and stays in the environment for years, causing grave damage to fish, marine birds and cattle that are choked to death after swallowing plastic bags.
塑料被認為是會危害環境的物質，因為它不會自行分解，而且能在環境中保存數年，這對於魚類，海鳥類，以及牛群的生態造成嚴重的威脅，因為這些動物會不小心將塑料袋吞下後窒息而死亡。
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1.piling heaps of garbage
2.the non-biodegradable plastic
3.by turning the non-biodegradable plastic into roads
4.They last longer than conventional roads
5.and rid the city of its excess plastic
6.Plastic waste is collected from garbage bins
7.municipal workers
8.rag pickers
9.the plastic is shred into tiny pieces and mixed with asphalt
10.plastic churning factories
11.road construction
12.can be embedded in the roads
13.dual purpose
14.enhancing the performance of the road.
15.bituminous mix
16.the voids of the bituminous mix
17.makes it more resistant to deterioration
18.under wet weather conditions
19.it can withstand the rainfall and the deterioration
20.environmental hazard
21.it does not decompose and stays in the environment for years
22.causing grave damage to fish
23.marine birds
24.are choked to death
25.after swallowing plastic bags