密歇根新闻广播 公司把弗林特的水瓶垃圾变成眼镜生意

There is a lot of concern over what to do with the plastic water bottles we use.

Flint is one community that is grappling with this question in a big way.

In the wake of the water crisis, the city has had to rely heavily on water bottles for safe drinking water.

Ali Rose Van Overbeke, a metro¹ Detroit native, founded Genusee to turn that waste into eyeglasses, manufactured by Flint residents.

In 2016, Van Overbeke was volunteering with the Red Cross during the Flint water crisis when she noticed how many plastic water bottles were being either thrown away or sold for profit to companies outside of Flint. After talking with her friend Jack² Burns, they decided³ to start a business to deal with the problem.

Van Overbeke said they asked local residents what the biggest need was in Flint. The top response from lots of residents was jobs. So, Burns and Van Overbeke came up with an idea that would reduce the plastic waste proliferating⁴ in Flint while creating employment opportunities for residents.

Listen above to hear more about how Genusee got started, and how they use Flint's plastic waste to create their eyeglasses.

1 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 proliferating   

激增( proliferate的现在分词 )； （迅速）繁殖； 增生； 扩散

参考例句：

• Computerized data bases are proliferating fast. 计算机化的数据库正在激增。
• Crown galls are cancerous growths composed of disorganized and proliferating plant cells. 冠瘿是无组织的正在不断增殖的植物细胞所组成的癌状物。