Can fast-fashion be sustainable? Researchers think yes.
快时尚能否实现可持续?研究人员认为可以。
Identifying why the fast-fashion business model creates waste and determining whether regulators can establish incentives for consumers and manufacturers are steps to reduce waste.
要减少浪费,关键在于识别快时尚商业模式为何会产生浪费,并确定监管机构能否为消费者和制造商建立激励机制。
Recently, the clothing industry has come under attack for creating a waste problem with serious environmental consequences.
近来,服装行业因造成具有严重环境后果的浪费问题而备受抨击。
In the absence of environmentally and economically feasible recycling options, fast-fashion manufacturers pump out low-quality clothes produced in high volumes that are worn only a few times and then discarded.
在缺乏环境与经济上均可行的回收方案的情况下,快时尚制造商大量生产大批量的低质量服装。这些衣服往往只穿几次就被丢弃。
The researchers put forth policy contributions, ranging from sustainable disposal of leftover stock to production tax to incentivize both manufacturers and consumers to be more waste conscious.
研究人员提出了多项政策建议,范围涵盖积压库存的可持续处理方式,到征收生产税以激励制造商和消费者增强废物意识。
In order to devise effective policies to curb the environmental impact of the clothing industry,
为了制定有效的政策来遏制服装行业对环境的影响,
it is important to identify the source of the problem in the supply chain, Manufacturers, consumers, and regulatory bodies can then take an informed approach to recognize the environmental impact of fast-fashion
必须识别供应链中问题的根源,制造商、消费者和监管机构方能采取明智的方法:认识到快时尚的环境影响;
and to design an ecosystem to reduce waste, incentivize innovation, and create new business models to manage waste
设计一个减少浪费的产业体系;激励创新;并创建管理废弃物的新型商业模式。
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
问题5到7是基于你刚刚听到的新闻报道。
5. Why has the clothing industry come under attack?
为什么服装行业遭到了抨击?
6. Why did the researchers put forth such policies as production tax?
为什么研究人员提出像生产税这样的政策?
7. What should be done first to eliminate the harm caused by the clothing industry?
为消除服装行业带来的危害,首先要做什么?
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