S Environmental Protection Agency, more than 50% of the garbage that Americans generate winds up in a landfill.

S環境保護局，美國人產生的垃圾有50%以上都被填埋了。

The good news is recycling and composting rates in America have increased dramatically since the 19 eighties.

好消息是，自1980年代以來，美國的回收率和堆肥率大幅提高。

The EPA estimates that more than a third of the trash we produce gets recycled or composted.

據環保局估計，我們產生的垃圾有三分之一以上被回收或堆肥。

The bad news is there's still a lot of recyclable material that's thrown away, and what might be the unexpected news is that we've got to pay closer attention to what goes where.

壞消息是還有很多可回收的材料被扔掉，而可能是意想不到的消息是，我們要更加註意什麼東西去了哪裡。

Ah lot of garbage that looks recyclable actually isn't, and it can cause problems for the facilities.

啊很多看似可回收的垃圾其實不是，會給設施帶來麻煩。

That process is.

這個過程是：

You're thinking about putting that paper coffee cups into the recycling bin.

你想把紙質咖啡杯放進回收站。

You could be making the planet's waste problem even worse.

你可能會讓地球上的廢物問題更加嚴重。

Some items that might seem right for recycling actually aren't.

有些物品看似適合回收，其實並不適合。

It's called wish cycling, and it's a big problem for waste management companies.

這就是所謂的願望循環，這對廢物管理公司來說是個大問題。

Why well recycling centers collect and sort items, then bundle the matching materials into large bales to sell back to the companies that make new products out of those materials.

為什麼好的回收中心會收集和分類物品，然後將配套的材料捆成大包，再賣給用這些材料製造新產品的公司。

If non recyclable trash ends up in those bales, they're considered contaminated, and the entire bail is taken to the dump, wasting hundreds of pounds of quality material.

如果不可回收的垃圾最終落在這些包裡，就會被認為是被汙染了，整個包被帶到垃圾場，浪費了幾百磅的優質材料。

Some common contaminants are coffee cups, plastic bags, greasy pizza boxes, non recyclable plastics pizza boxes.

一些常見的汙染物是咖啡杯、塑膠袋、油膩的披薩盒、不可回收的塑膠披薩盒。

Can Onley be recycled if they are not soiled by Greece or food residue?

如果沒有被希臘或食物殘渣弄髒，安利可以回收嗎？

Plastic bags are not accepted at curbside bins because they clog up the sorting machines.

路邊垃圾箱不接受塑膠袋，因為它們會堵塞分揀機。

However, they can be returned to many grocery stores to be properly recycled.

然而，它們可以被退回到許多雜貨店進行適當的回收。

Remember toe.

記住腳趾。

Look for the recycling symbol on items and check your local guidelines online before trying to recycle something.

在嘗試回收物品之前，請查看物品上的回收標誌，並在網上查看當地的指南。

This is important because items like glass bottles, Styrofoam and plastics Grade three through seven are not accepted at all recycling centers and could become contaminants.

這一點很重要，因為像玻璃瓶、泡沫塑料和三級到七級的塑膠等物品並不是所有回收中心都接受的，可能會成為汙染物。

It's going to take us all a little bit of working together and making an earnest effort to help keep our planet healthy and beautiful.

這需要我們大家共同努力，認真努力，幫助我們的地球保持健康和美麗。

Mhm.

嗯