国家地理 没有垃圾的世界可能存在吗(13)

The progress has stalled lately, but no one ever thought common sense alone would end food waste. Artificial intelligence may be required. From a remodeled Victorian furniture factory in the Shoreditch section of London, Marc Zornes, CEO of Winnow¹, is pitching a high-tech² solution that his start-up already has placed into 1,300 restaurant kitchens: smart garbage cans.

最近的进展有所停滞，但也没人指望单靠常识终结食品浪费。我们可能需要人工智能的帮助。在伦敦肖迪奇区一家老家具厂改造的办公空间里，Winnow公司的执行总裁马克·佐恩斯在推销一种高科技解决方案--这家初创公司已经为1300家餐馆的厨房装上了智能垃圾箱。

Zornes demonstrated one in his conference room, using a plastic chicken leg. Each time a cook or waiter dumps a pot or platter of something into a Winnow can, a scale measures the added weight and a camera snaps a picture. The AI software identifies the new garbage -- at Ikea it has learned to distinguish three kinds of meatballs -- and displays its cost.

佐恩斯在会议室里用塑料鸡腿进行产品演示。每次厨师或侍者倒下锅碗中的弃物，智能垃圾桶会称量增加的重量并拍下照片。人工智能软件能够识别新增垃圾的种类--在宜家卖场它学会了区分三种不同的肉丸--并显示它们的成本。

Zornes claimed his clients -- AccorHotels, the French multinational³, is another big one -- routinely cut food waste in half by listening to their garbage cans. Breakfast buffets⁴ are notorious, he said; most leftovers⁵ are discarded. "When you start measuring the problem, you start managing it," Zornes said. You make less of what you're throwing out. I had walked through Winnow's graffiti-decorated carriage doors expecting grooviness and hype; I walked out wanting to tell my nephew, a Ritz-Carlton chef, about Winnow.

佐恩斯称，他的客户通过听取垃圾桶的反馈，将日常浪费量降低了一半。自助早餐是浪费重灾区，大部分剩菜都被倒掉。“当你对一个问题有了量化的认识，就能开始对它加以掌控”，佐恩斯说。扔掉的食物自然会减少。我踏进Winnow公司那涂鸦装饰的对开大门时，预期的是天花乱坠的宣传，走出时却一心想把它的产品介绍给我在丽思卡尔顿当大厨的侄子。

A few days later I had a similar experience in Amsterdam at InStock, a restaurant that makes ambitious cuisine⁶ from surplus food. In a spare but cozily lit room, I sat down under a wooden sign that tallied⁷ the "rescued food" -- 780,054 kilograms, or more than 850 tons. One of the founders⁸, Freke van Nimwegen, was at the bar checking the books. She joined me and told me her story as my prix fixe menu ran its courses.

几天后，我在阿姆斯特丹的InStock餐厅收获了类似的经历。这家餐馆使用过剩食材制作大胆的美味。在一间装饰简洁但灯光和暖的房间里，我在一块木牌下就坐，牌子上统计了餐厅挽救的食物总量--780054公斤，也就是超过850英吨。创始人之一弗里克·范尼姆维根在吧台对账，此时也坐过来，在我一道道吃完当晚菜品的过程中讲述了自己的故事。

1 winnow   

v．把（谷物）的杂质吹掉，扬去

参考例句：

• You should winnow out the inaccuracies of this paper this afternoon.你今天下午把这篇文章中不精确的内容删掉。
• We should winnow out the errors in logic.我们应该排除逻辑中的错误。

2 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

3 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

4 buffets   

（火车站的）饮食柜台( buffet的名词复数 )； （火车的）餐车； 自助餐

参考例句：

• All life's buffets should be met with dignity and good sense. 所有人生之打击都应以尊严和理智对付之。
• In addition to buffets, American families enjoy picnics and barbeques. 除自助餐外，美国家庭还喜欢野餐和户外烧烤餐。

5 leftovers   

n.剩余物，残留物，剩菜

参考例句：

• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。
• She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together.她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。

6 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。

7 tallied   

v.计算，清点( tally的过去式和过去分词 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合

参考例句：

• The girl tallied them with her eyes for a moment. 新娘用目光把这些化妆品清点了一下。 来自教父部分
• His account of the accident tallied with hers. 他对事故的陈述和她的相吻合。 来自辞典例句

8 founders   

n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句