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Turning plastic into sportswear 把塑料垃圾變成運(yùn)動(dòng)服

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有關(guān) “materials 布料” 的詞匯

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Which costs more: recycled polyester or traditional thread?

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Nearly 30,000 kilograms of thread are produced at this factory every day. But this thread isn't spun from traditional yarn - it's made from two million plastic bottles. Demand for this type of recycled polyester is growing, as brands become more conscious about waste.

這家工廠每天生產(chǎn)近三萬(wàn)公斤的紡織用線(xiàn)。但這些線(xiàn)不是用傳統(tǒng)的紗紡成的 —— 是由 200 萬(wàn)個(gè)塑料瓶制成的。對(duì)這類(lèi)回收聚酯纖維的需求正在增長(zhǎng)，因?yàn)槠放乒緦?duì)垃圾廢料的意識(shí)一直在不斷增強(qiáng)。

Makarand Kulkarni, Chief Marketing Officer, Polygenta
Today we are supplying this product not only for sportswear but for outerwear, for home textiles, for ladies' apparel(s). So all types of applications are possible because the quality of this recycled yarn is comparable with any conventional polyester made.

馬克蘭德·庫(kù)爾卡尼     Polygenta 公司 首席營(yíng)銷(xiāo)官
“如今我們供應(yīng)的聚酯纖維不僅限于生產(chǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)服裝，還可用于生產(chǎn)外衣、家紡、女裝。因此，所有類(lèi)型的使用都是可能的，因?yàn)檫@種再生紗線(xiàn)的質(zhì)量可與任何傳統(tǒng)聚酯纖維相媲美?！?

The cost of recycled polyester is about ten to twenty percent higher than traditional thread. But as factories increase capacity to meet growing demand, the price of recycled material is coming down. That's good news for brands like Adidas. It's already making the switch to recycled thread. The sports company promised to remove all single-use plastic from its supply chain by 2024.

回收聚酯纖維的成本比傳統(tǒng)的線(xiàn)高出 10% 到 20%。但隨著工廠提升產(chǎn)能以滿(mǎn)足日益增長(zhǎng)的需求，再生材料的價(jià)格正在下降。這對(duì)阿迪達(dá)斯這樣的品牌來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)好消息。它們已經(jīng)開(kāi)始轉(zhuǎn)向使用回收紡織線(xiàn)。這家體育公司承諾，到 2024 年，將把所有一次性塑料從其供應(yīng)鏈中移除。

India has one of the biggest plastic problems in the world, with trash spilling out onto beaches and piling up in cities. Commitments like the one made by Adidas might be a step in the right direction, but experts say more brands and consumers will need to buy into products like these to have a meaningful impact on our problem with plastic.

印度是全球面臨塑料問(wèn)題最嚴(yán)重的國(guó)家之一，垃圾溢出海灘，堆積在城市里。阿迪達(dá)斯公司的承諾或許是朝著正確的方向邁出了一步，但專(zhuān)家表示，更多的品牌和消費(fèi)者將需要接受和認(rèn)可這類(lèi)產(chǎn)品，才能對(duì)我們的塑料問(wèn)題產(chǎn)生有意義的影響。

詞匯

thread （紡織用的）線(xiàn)

yarn 紗線(xiàn)

polyester 聚酯纖維

textiles 紡織物

apparel 衣服，服裝

問(wèn)題答案

The cost of recycled polyester is about ten to twenty percent higher than traditional thread – although the price is coming down.