可口可乐推纯植物材质可乐瓶

 　　Coca-Cola showed off its new bottle at the Expo Milano food technology conference on Wednesday. The bottle is plastic (don't actually try to eat it), but instead of using petroleum¹, the bottle's plastic is derived² from sugar cane³.

　　6月3日，可口可乐公司在米兰世博会食品技术会议上展出了它们的新包装瓶。这款瓶子是塑料的（记住，不可食用），但是，这种塑料的原材料不是石油，而是甘蔗。

　　The new Coke bottle is part of the company's efforts to make its containers from renewable ingredients. Coca-Cola debuted⁴ "PlantBottle" packaging in 2009, which is 30% comprised of plant materials. The new PlantBottle that Coke debuted this week is its first to be made 100% from sugar cane plastic.

　　可口可乐公司不断尝试使用可再生原料制作容器，新包装瓶的设计便是其中一部分。2009年可口可乐公司“植物环保瓶”首次亮相，其材质30％源于植物。本周亮相的“植物环保瓶”首次做到材质100％由甘蔗做成。

　　可口可乐推纯植物材质可乐瓶

　　Coca-Cola said the sugar cane used in the PlantBottles comes from Brazil. They also contain waste products from India that are left over from processing sugar cane. Though those are currently the only two sources of materials for its PlantBottles, Coke said it is also looking at converting fruit stems, peels and bark into plastic in the future.

　　可口可乐公司表示“植物环保瓶”中使用的甘蔗来自巴西。同时，还有来自印度甘蔗加工后的残留废弃物。尽管目前“植物环保瓶”仅使有这两种材料来源，可口可乐公司表示它期望将来能把果茎、果皮和树皮加工成塑料。

　　The soda⁵ company didn't say when it would start shipping⁶ Coke in the new bottles, but Coca-Cola noted⁷ that it is partnering with biotechnology firms "to move from lab to commercial scale in producing a 100% plant-based plastic bottle." The ultimate goal, Coke said, is "a 100% renewable, responsibly sourced bottle that is fully⁸ recyclable."

　　该公司没有明确表示新瓶包装何时投入使用，但表示它正与生物技术公司合作“将100％植物环保塑料瓶从实验室推向大规模的商业销售。”该公司表示，最终的目标是“瓶子100％可再生、材质环保、完全可回收利用。”

　　Since 2009, Coca-Cola says it has distributed more than 35 billion plant bottle packages in more than 40 countries. The company estimates that it has eliminated 319,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions⁹ into the atmosphere as a result -- the equivalent of CO2 emissions from burning 743,000 barrels of oil or 36 million gallons of gasoline.

　　该公司表示，2009年以来，它已向全球40多个国家输送了350亿个植物环保瓶。预计这一举动可使向大气中排放的二氧化碳减少31.9万吨——这些二氧化碳排放量相当于燃烧了74.3万桶石油或3600万加仑汽油。

　　About 30% of Coke bottles in North America are PlantBottles, but just 7% of Coke bottles around the world are made from plant materials. The company says its goal is to exclusively use PlantBottles in place of petroleum-based plastic bottles by 2020.

　　北美可乐瓶30％是“植物环保瓶”，但全世界仅7％的可乐瓶材质来自植物。该公司表示其目标是到2020年实现植物环保瓶完全取代石油塑料瓶。

　　"We believe we have a responsibility to produce these packages more sustainably," the company said in a statement. "Environmental stewardship¹⁰ is not something new for us; it's part of our heritage."

　　“我们认为我们有责任生产更加环保、可持续的包装，”该公司在一份声明中表示。“关爱管理不是我们的新任务；它是我们的传统。”

　　Coke said it is working with Ford¹¹, Heinz, Nike, Procter & Gamble and SeaWorld to help those companies use more plant materials in their plastics as well. Heinz ketchup¹² bottles, plastic cups at SeaWorld and certain test models of the Fusion¹³ Energi hybrid¹⁴ sedan use PlantBottle plastic.

　　可口可乐公司表示它正与福特、亨氏、耐克、宝洁和海洋世界等公司合作，帮助这些公司使用植物塑料。亨氏的番茄酱瓶，海洋世界的塑料杯以及福特公司混合动力车的某些测试模型都将使用植物塑料。

　　"The Coca-Cola company is determined¹⁵ to lead the consumer packaged goods industry away from its dependence¹⁶ on non-renewable fossil fuels and towards using renewable plant-based alternatives," the company said. "It hasn't been an easy task, but it shows our commitment to doing the right thing in the right way."

　　该公司表示：“可口可乐公司决定扭转消费品包装产业对不可再生的化石燃料的依赖局面，转向对可再生的植物性材质的选择。这项任务并不简单，但至少表示了我们坚持以正确的方式做正确事情的决心。”

　　Vocabulary

　　bark: 树皮

　　carbon dioxide: 二氧化碳

　　environmental stewardship: 环境管理

1 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

2 derived   

vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

4 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

5 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

6 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

7 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

10 stewardship   

n. n. 管理工作；管事人的职位及职责

参考例句：

• The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
• Last, but certainly not least, are the issues of stewardship and ethics. 最后，但当然不是微不足道的，是工作和道德规范的问题。

11 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

12 ketchup   

n.蕃茄酱，蕃茄沙司

参考例句：

• There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.桌布上有一点番茄酱的渍斑。
• Could I have some ketchup and napkins,please?请给我一些番茄酱和纸手巾？

13 fusion   

n.溶化；熔解；熔化状态，熔和；熔接

参考例句：

• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
• This alloy is formed by the fusion of two types of metal.这种合金是用两种金属熔合而成的。

14 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

15 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

16 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。