在英國，已有40多家公司報名加入了一個旨在將來七年里降低塑料污染的協定。這類公司做出了一系列承諾，包含保證將通過更優化的商品設計來嚴守杜絕用一次性塑料包裝。

The companies range from consumer giants like Proctor and Gamble and Coca-Cola to supermarkets including Asda and Marks and Spencer. And theyve come together with government, trade associations and campaigners to form whats called a Plastics Pact1.

簽署協定的公司包含從寶潔和可口可樂如此的消費品巨頭到阿斯達和馬莎等超市，多種多樣。它們與政府、貿易協會與環保人士們一同組成了名為英國塑料協定的環保項目。

Its a series of pledges meant to tackle plastic pollution over the next seven years. For example, to improve designs to make recycling easier - many products are currently made with a mix of different types of plastic. Also to cut out unnecessary single-use packaging and to include more recycled plastic in new products.

該協定包含一系列旨在下面七年著手處置塑料污染問題承諾。譬如，通過改變設計而簡化收購過程，由于現在有不少產品是用不同類型的塑料混合制成的。還有停止用非必須的一次性包裝與在新品中加入更多再生塑料。

The move has been welcomed by environmental groups, whove long-argued that pollution can never be reduced until products are designed with recycling in mind. But Friends of the Earth says government measures are also needed to make sure the targets are met.

此舉得到了各環保團體的支持，他們一直覺得，除非在產品設計之初就考慮到收購借助，不然污染是不會被降低的。但環保組織地球之友稱，政府需要采取有關手段，以確保目的得以達成。