We’ve heard many stories of individuals across the world who’ve adopted a zero-waste lifestyle, but it’s not often that we come across an entire community that is trying to become waste-free. The residents of Kamikatsu, Japan, take recycling so seriously that they actually hope to become the nation’s first zero-waste community by 2020.
采取“零廢物”生活方式的個(gè)人屢見(jiàn)不鮮，力圖實(shí)現(xiàn)“無(wú)廢棄”目標(biāo)的群體倒很少見(jiàn)。日本上勝町的居民在回收利用廢物時(shí)相當(dāng)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，事實(shí)上，他們希望到2020年時(shí)，能把家鄉(xiāng)建設(shè)成日本首個(gè)“零廢物”小鎮(zhèn)。

Kamikatsu has no garbage trucks – so residents need to compost their kitchen scraps at home. They also have to wash and sort the rest of their trash into 34 different categories, and bring it to the recycling center themselves where workers make sure that the waste goes into the correct bins. It apparently took some time for the residents to get used to this rule, but they eventually managed to adapt to the drastic changes and are now seeing them as normal.
上勝町沒(méi)有垃圾車——因而居民需要在家中將廚余垃圾制成堆肥。除此之外，他們必須先清洗廢物，并對(duì)照34種分類標(biāo)準(zhǔn)一一歸類，然后再將其送至回收中心，那里的工人會(huì)確保廢物被正確放入相應(yīng)的回收箱。顯然，適應(yīng)回收規(guī)則需要時(shí)間，但上勝町的居民最終成功適應(yīng)了這些巨變，并漸漸變得習(xí)以為常。

The Japanese town has turned recycling into a streamlined process – there are separate bins for different types of paper products – newspapers, magazines, cartons, and flyers. Even plastic bottles and their caps go into different bins as do aluminum, spray, and steel cans are collected separately too. Many of these items are resold or repurposed into usable clothing, toys, and accessories. The labels on each bin show the recycling process for that specific item, so the residents know exactly what happens to their trash.
這個(gè)日本小鎮(zhèn)讓回收過(guò)程變得既精簡(jiǎn)又高效——上勝町針對(duì)各類紙制品（譬如報(bào)紙、雜志、紙箱及傳單）設(shè)置了不同的回收箱。甚至連塑料瓶和瓶蓋都必須分開(kāi)投放，鋁罐、噴霧罐和鋼罐也必須歸類至不同的回收箱。人們會(huì)再次出售某些廢物，或?qū)⑵渲匦掠糜谝挛铩⑼婢吆褪罪椛稀Ｃ總€(gè)回收箱都貼有展示此類廢物回收過(guò)程的標(biāo)簽，這樣，居民們就能清楚得知廢物的處理方式。

Reuse is highly encouraged in Kamikatsu – they have a local kuru-kuru shop where residents can exchange used items with new things at no extra cost. And the kuru-kuru factory employs women to make bags, clothes, and stuffed dolls out of discarded items. Businesses are also encouraged to participate in responsible waste management – the town has a zero-waste brewery, housed in a building constructed of reused materials.
上勝町特別鼓勵(lì)居民重復(fù)使用物品——當(dāng)?shù)卦O(shè)有kuru-kuru商店，人們可以以舊換新，而無(wú)需支付額外費(fèi)用。kuru-kuru工廠會(huì)雇傭女工用廢棄物品制作包包、衣物或填充玩偶。上勝町支持各類企業(yè)參與廢物管理以增強(qiáng)企業(yè)的責(zé)任感——小鎮(zhèn)里有一家“零廢物”釀酒廠，它位于采用可再生材料建造的房屋內(nèi)。

With a population of just over 1,700, Kamikatsu recycles about 80 percent of its trash and only 20 percent goes to landfills, so you could say that the town is very close to achieving its goal. They’ve been practicing prudent waste management for the past 13 years after declaring their zero-waste ambition in 2003 and giving up their old practice of dumping trash into open fires.
小鎮(zhèn)僅有1700多人，卻回收了近八成的廢物，需要運(yùn)至垃圾填筑地的廢物只剩兩成，從某種程度上來(lái)說(shuō)，小鎮(zhèn)已快要達(dá)成“零廢物”的目標(biāo)。2003年時(shí)，上勝町宣稱要實(shí)現(xiàn)此目標(biāo)，他們放棄了焚燒垃圾的舊做法。此后的13年里，他們始終嚴(yán)格踐行廢物管理規(guī)則。

“If you get used to it, it becomes normal,” a Kamikatsu resident said in a video made by YouTube channel Seeker Stories. “It can be a pain, and at first we were opposed to the idea. Now I don’t think about it. It’s become natural to separate the trash correctly.”
“當(dāng)你習(xí)慣回收廢物后，這事兒就會(huì)顯得很平常，”在YouTube“探索者所見(jiàn)” （Seeker Stories）頻道攝制的錄像中，一位上勝町的居民如是說(shuō)道。“回收廢物很麻煩，我們起初都反對(duì)這一提議。但現(xiàn)在，我根本不會(huì)想太多。對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，正確分類廢物再自然不過(guò)了。”

All the recycling facilities in Kamikatsu are managed by a Zero Waste Academy which also regularly hosts groups of local schoolchildren and foreign visitors, educating them on the benefits of a zero waste lifestyle. Every years, the Academy receives around 2,500 visitors from all around the world, all eager to learn more about zero-waste and how Kamikatsu has managed to implement its principles in such a short period of time.
上勝町所有的回收廠都?xì)w零廢物協(xié)會(huì)管理，該協(xié)會(huì)還定期組織當(dāng)?shù)匦W(xué)生及外國(guó)游客參觀學(xué)習(xí)，教導(dǎo)他們采取“零廢物”生活方式的益處。每年，協(xié)會(huì)都會(huì)接待2500多人到訪，這些來(lái)自世界各地的人渴望能更多地了解“零廢物”，同時(shí)也迫切想知道上勝町在短時(shí)間內(nèi)成功踐行廢物管理規(guī)則的秘訣。

Vocabulary

compost: 把（廢料等）做成堆肥

英文來(lái)源：odditycentral
譯者：周瑾
審校&編輯：丹妮