為了減少白色污染，現(xiàn)在多數(shù)商店都對塑料袋收費(fèi)，雖然人們嫌塑料袋太貴，但還是懶得自備環(huán)保袋。于是，加拿大溫哥華一家雜貨店的店主想出了一個奇招：給塑料袋印上讓人尷尬的文字，結(jié)果如何呢？

If concern over the climate crisis or revulsion over the contamination of the food chain are not enough to change consumer behavior, one grocery store is hoping that another emotion may persuade people to shun single-use plastic bags: shame.

如果對氣候危機(jī)的擔(dān)憂或?qū)κ澄镦溛廴镜膮拹哼€不足以改變消費(fèi)者行為，一家雜貨店希望另一種情感可以說服人們避免使用一次性塑料袋——羞恥感。

Customers who don’t bring their own bags to the East West Market in Vancouver will instead have to carry their grocery home in bags reading “Wart Ointment Wholesale” or “Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium”.

在溫哥華的東西商店，如果顧客不自己帶包來裝東西，就必須用印有“去疣藥膏批發(fā)”或“詭異成人視頻商店”等文字的塑料袋將食品雜貨裝回家。

David Lee Kwen, the shop’s owner, insisted that the plan wasn’t to embarrass customers. “We wanted to give them something humorous, but also something that made them think at the same time,” he told the Guardian. “It’s human nature not to want to be told what to do.”

這家雜貨店的店主戴維·李·克文堅(jiān)稱，這一計(jì)劃不是為了讓顧客尷尬。他告訴《衛(wèi)報(bào)》說：“我們想用一種幽默的方式讓顧客思考。不喜歡聽人說教是人的本性?！?/p>

Kwen initially hoped that a fee on single-use bags would discourage their use. But when the five-cent a bag charge failed to stop people using plastic, he tried a different approach.

克文最初希望對一次性袋子收費(fèi)可以阻止顧客使用。然而，當(dāng)5分/只的收費(fèi)沒能奏效后，他嘗試了一個不同的方法。

The bags are meant to force customers to think twice about consumption habits. In a social media post, the store points out that millions of plastic bags are used once before being discarded – and are part of growing problem of plastic waste.

這些袋子是為了迫使顧客好好思考一下自己的消費(fèi)習(xí)慣。在社交媒體上的一個帖子里，這家商店指出，數(shù)百萬的塑料袋都是只用了一次就被丟棄，助長了日益嚴(yán)重的塑料垃圾問題。

Like countries around the world, Canada is grappling with a deluge of plastics which cannot be recycled and instead end up in landfills.

和世界各國一樣，加拿大也在努力應(yīng)對泛濫成災(zāi)的無法回收塑料垃圾，這些塑料最后只能被送去垃圾填埋場。

Earlier this week, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, announced plans to ban single-use plastics in 2021, including grocery bags, plastic cutlery and straws.

本周早些時候，加拿大總理賈斯廷·特魯多宣布將從2021年開始禁用一次性塑料制品，包括購物袋、塑料餐具和吸管。

cutlery['k?tl?ri]: n. 餐具

Kwen admits there may have been an unintended consequence to the bags: “Some of the customers want to collect them because they love the idea of it,” he said. But he still believes the plan is working. “Even if you have the bag, you have to explain its origin to your friends. And then, we’ve started a conversation.”

克文承認(rèn)，也許會出現(xiàn)意想不到的結(jié)果，他說：“一些顧客想收集這些袋子，因?yàn)樗麄兿矚g這個創(chuàng)意?！钡匀徽J(rèn)為這個計(jì)劃是有效的?！凹词鼓隳昧诉@個袋子，你也要向朋友解釋它是從哪來的。然后，對話就開始了?！?/p>

The bags, which Kwen has run in limited numbers of 1,000, cost customers five cents. It costs extra for him to print the newly designed bags so he’s hopeful customers instead opt to bring in their own.

這些袋子限量1000只，單價5分錢?？宋倪€額外花錢來印刷新設(shè)計(jì)的袋子，希望顧客能因此選擇自備袋子。

In the meantime, he plans to transfer the images on the plastic bags to canvas bags. “We wanted to address an issue, but we’ve also made something popular, so it’s turned out great.”

與此同時，他計(jì)劃把塑料袋上的圖樣轉(zhuǎn)移到帆布袋上?！拔覀兿虢鉀Q一個問題，但我們也做出了一些受歡迎的東西，所以結(jié)果還不錯?！?/p>

英文來源：衛(wèi)報(bào)

翻譯&編輯：丹妮