• 政协委员建议建立餐厨垃圾管理体制

    11-03-20 此次全国两会上,部分政协委员建议应尽快立法管理餐厨垃圾,在制度上使其变废为宝。民建中央委员、海南省主委施耀忠介绍,根据清华大学的统计,我国城市餐厨垃圾年产生量不低于6000万吨,这些垃圾处理不到位,会对市民的健康产生影响。 Rotten potatoes and unwanted c...

  • 废气发电研究取得突破

    11-01-19 Researchers at Northwestern University have placed nanocrystals of rock salt into lead telluride(碲化铅) , creating a material that can harness electricity from heat-generating items such as vehicle exhaust systems(排气系统) , industrial process...

  • waste incineration 垃圾焚烧

    10-12-22 《中国日报》报道: Beijing government officials said yesterday they will proceed with plans to build more waste incineration plants this year, despite some local residents and experts voicing protests and concerns over pollution brought by the contr...

  • 南非政府花钱收购尿液推广节水干厕

    10-11-13 南非港口城市德班为了鼓励民众使用节水干厕,推出了花钱收购民众尿液的创举。 Get paid to pee. That's the deal on offer in the South African city of Durban, where the city is looking to buy liquid waste to encourage residents to use dry toilets. Aiming t...

  • 巴黎供水公司向市民免费提供气泡水

    10-09-30 法国巴黎公共供水公司于本周二在巴黎东部的一个公园推出了该市首个公共饮水机,可免费无限量为市民提供气泡水,希望由此减少瓶装水的消费及其对环境的污染。据介绍,公共饮水机中的水有加气、未加气、冰镇及常温等不同选择,以满足市民的不同需求。 Eco-conscious Pari...

  • 日本餐馆鼓励合理点餐、减少浪费

    10-06-12 为了鼓励顾客合理点餐、减少浪费,澳大利亚一家名为Wafu的日本餐馆推出了一项新店规:顾客用餐完毕后如果有食物剩余,将被罚款,并拒绝该顾客再次光顾。如果顾客能够将所点食物全部吃完,将能享受全单七折的优惠。 An Australian restaurateur(餐馆老板) fed up with...

  • 澳洲土著居民就建设核废料排放场进行讨论

    10-03-03 Aboriginal groups are to gather at a public meeting to debate controversial plans to build Australia's first nuclear waste dump on tribal land. 澳大利亚土著居民将要召开公众会议,讨论在其部落土地上建立首个核废料排放场的问题。 Aboriginal communities a...

  • Waste or Save 浪费还是节约

    09-11-07 Waste or Save Father: Oh, Jack, you have slept away the whole morning. Don't you know you are wasting time? Jack: Yes, Dad. But I've saved you a meal, haven' I? 浪费还是节约 父亲:噢,杰克,你又睡了一上午。难道你不知道你这是在浪费时间吗? 杰克:我知...

  • 'Big step' needed on UK landfill 英国垃圾堆处理需要“跨越一

    09-10-13 Standing in a huge hole in the ground which is slowly being filled with thousands of tonnes of stinking rubbish it's easy to see why landfill gets a bad press. 站在地上一个巨大的坑洞旁边看到成千上万吨发出恶臭的垃圾被填进去,大家就会理解为什么垃圾堆...

  • Trafigura knew of waste dangers 托克国际知晓其工业废料有害

    09-09-17 BBC Newsnight has uncovered evidence revealing that oil-trading company Trafigura knew that waste dumped in Ivory Coast in 2006 was hazardous. BBC晚间新闻发现证据显示石油交易公司Trafigure知晓2006年倾倒在象牙海岸中的废物是有害的。 Trafigura had persi...