年轻学家发现了一种能【吃】塑料的新型细菌 | Young Scientists, Plastic-Eating Bacteria

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Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao

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两位年轻的加拿大科学家创造出一种新的垃圾处理方法，可以降解那些本将被扔进垃圾填埋场或海洋的塑料。

Two young Canadian scientists have created a process that can break down plastics that would otherwise end up in landfills or oceans.

BioCollection是24岁的温哥华人Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao在加州创立的环保公司，致力于回收不可降解塑料

BioCellection, a California-based environmental start-up founded by 24-year-old Vancouver natives Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao, is focusing on recycling plastics that cannot be recycled.

一项圣巴拉巴拉大学的研究表明：每83亿吨中，有79%的垃圾被送到垃圾掩埋场或者填入海底。

According to a study from the University of Santa Barabara, of the 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic ever produced, 79 per cent end up in landfills or in oceans.

Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao发现了一种新的细菌，这种细菌可以分解危及健康安全的含邻苯二甲酸盐的有害化合物，常见于柔性塑料。这两位发现者青少年科学家会给我们的环境保护带来革新变化吗

Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao have identified a new bacteria that breaks down nasty compounds called phthalates, common to flexible plastics and linked to health problems. And they’re still teenagers.

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