在2020年新年伊始,許多泰國人的心情可能跟上海人面對垃圾分類即將全面實施的心情是一樣的,有些惶恐,有些焦慮,又有些小期待。因為:
從2020年1月1日起,全泰國的大型商場、超市以及便利店將不再免費提供且不再出售塑料購物袋。
All major stores in the country have participated in the effort, including CP All (owner of 7-Eleven's local franchise), the Big C Supercentre, Siam Makro, Robinsons, Central Group and The Mall Group.
泰國所有的大型商場都參與了這項行動,其中包括CP All(711便利店泰國連鎖的所有方),Big C連鎖超市,Siam Makro,Robinsons,中央集團和商城集團。
Thai people are finding creative ways to shop at supermarkets following a nationwide plastic bag ban enacted by the Thailand government at the start of 2020.
泰國政府2020年開始在全國境內禁止使用塑膠袋,泰國人現在超市購物是五花八門,充滿了創造力。
雖說超市不再免費提供一次性的塑膠袋了,但是還是會有可循環利用的袋子出售。
As some viral images suggest, the Thai customers have been responding well to the campaign, with many shoppers going beyond recycled bags.
就像一些走紅的照片顯示的那樣,泰國購物者對此響應頗為積極,回收袋已經無法滿足有些人的創造力了。
An album on Facebook compiled 80 photos, in which many shoppers are shown using an assortment of containers.
臉書上的一個相冊裡的80張照片顯示了很多購物者所使用的花樣百出的購物器皿。
"I have been avoiding plastic bags for a while already," a Thai office worker carrying a tote bag at the Big C supermarket chain was quoted by Yahoo as saying.
Big C超市,一位拎著個大手提袋的泰國上班族在接受雅虎採訪時表示:「我已經有一段時間不用塑膠袋了。」
Innovative buyers can be seen making use of tote bags, buckets, laundry baskets and luggage bags among others.
可以看到的是,那些富有創新精神的購物者在使用大手提袋、桶、洗衣籃和行李包這些東西。
Quirky standouts include a shopper using a birdcage, a woman carrying a vase and another pushing a wheelbarrow to carry his goods.
在這些古怪的傢伙中,一位購物者使用的是鳥籠,一位女性帶了個水缸,還有人用手推車運貨。
雖然政策剛開始會使人感到不方便,但想到能為地球減輕一點負擔,這點不便也就微不足道了。
The national effort, which is a part of the government's campaign to eliminate plastic use by 2022, comes after Thailand was named among the world's largest contributors to ocean pollution.
這項全國性措施是泰國政府專項行動的組成部分,其旨在至2022年停止使用塑膠袋,此前泰國被指為是世界最大的海洋汙染源頭之一。
While environmentalists commended the campaign as an important first step, they point out that there is still much to be done in the effort to curbing plastic pollution.
環保人士對此表示讚許,稱其為重要的第一步。他們指出,在控制塑料汙染方面尚還有很多工作需要去做。
英文來源:雅虎
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