美国有线新闻 CNN 疫情改变美国人外出就餐方式一次性餐具成隐患（打印版）

The largest percentage of U.S. landfill waste comes from what material?

美国垃圾填埋场中占比最大的垃圾来自什么材料？

Plastics, paper products, food or yard trimmings?

塑料、纸制品、食品还是庭院装饰品？

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, paper and paper products account for more than 23 percent of landfill waste.

根据美国环境保护署的数据，纸张和纸制品占填埋垃圾的23%以上。

And food takes up the second largest slice of the landfill pie, accounting for about 21.5 percent.

食物在垃圾填埋场的占比排在第二，约为21.5%。

The COVID pandemic changed how Americans dine out at least temporarily

新冠肺炎疫情改变了美国人外出就餐的方式，至少暂时如此，

restaurant sales especially in large cities dropped when it came to in-person dining but they rose for takeout.

餐厅面对面就餐销售额下降，尤其是大城市的餐厅，但外卖销售额却在上升。

That means more disposable food containers were floating around.

这意味着到处都在使用一次性餐具。

Republic Services, one of America's largest trash collection and recycling providers

美国最大的垃圾收集和回收供应商之一共和废品处理公司表示，

says cardboard drink carriers aluminum cans and plastic containers labeled number one or two are usually recyclable.

纸板饮料运输车、铝罐以及1号或2号塑料容器通常是可回收的。

What's not are paper napkins and towels, soiled cardboard like greasy pizza boxes, plastic utensils, bags and foam containers.

不可回收的包括餐巾纸和毛巾，像油腻的比萨饼盒一样的脏纸板，塑料器皿，袋子和泡沫容器。

That usually goes to the trash unless people compost the paper products.

除非人们将纸制品堆肥，否则通常会被扔进垃圾桶。

There are some companies like the one you're about to see that are working to develop alternatives to throw away food containers.

有一些公司，比如大家即将看到的公司，正在努力开发可替代的一次性餐盒。

DeliverZero is kind of like Grubhub, DoorDash or Uber Eats

DeliverZero公司和Grubhub公司、DoorDash公司或Uber Eats公司有些像，

except the new company's drivers take your old containers away when they drop off the new ones.

但这家新公司的运送员会在给顾客新餐盒时拿走旧餐盒。

This does come at an additional cost for restaurants based on the amount of takeout food they sell.

这确实会随着餐厅出售的外卖食品数量的增加而增加餐厅的成本。