Name: 【環境教育】全面限塑！創新環保吸管！(This Company Is Driving Plastic Straws to Extinction)
Uploaded: 2019-07-26T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 4 min 24 s

I think one of the biggest statistics that I see that drives me nuts is that plastic straws decompose in 500 years.

其中一項最讓我抓狂的數據是塑膠吸管在五百年內會自行分解。

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事實是我們用太多塑膠吸管了。

No one had taken any time or thought to really reinvent something as simple as a drinking straw so I did.

從來沒有人願意花點時間或心力來真的重新發明吸管這麼簡單的東西，所以我就來做這件事了。

The turtle video was the sort of turning point for the rest of my life.

那支海龜的影片有點像是我人生的轉捩點。

拜託別跟我說真的是根該死的吸管。

It's this very intense eight minute video of a straw being pulled out of a turtle's nose by these researchers.

我說的是這支長達八分鐘的緊張影片，影片中研究員們正在把一支塑膠吸管從一隻海龜的鼻孔裡拔出來。

It was like I was sitting in a movie theater watching this big projection.

那感覺就好像我身處電影院看著這畫面的投影。

You can see the pain on this animal's face and it really made me think about what if that was a straw that I had used.

你可以從這動物神情中清楚地感受到牠的痛苦，這讓我痛定思痛，深怕那根吸管就是我用過的其中一根。

That video went viral and it really is what kicked off the straw movement.

那支影片很快地傳遍網路，而這也是吸管運動的起點。

Just after I was doing all these runs and I heard about the plastic straw bans in Seattle and I realized that I have a reusable water bottle but I don't have a reusable straw.

很快地，就在我開始進行「邊路跑邊撿吸管運動」後，我就聽說了西雅圖開始禁用塑膠吸管，我就突然發現我有可重複使用的水壺，但我沒有可重複使用的吸管。

And the reason I don't have a reusable straw is because they're this long and I would never carry one around with me and therefore I would never use it.

我之所以會沒有可重複使用吸管的原因是因為吸管都這麼長，長到我從不會想隨身帶一根吸管，這就是為什麼我從不用它。

And what I really wanted was a collapsible straw that was small enough that I could take anywhere that I went.

我想要的是一種夠小的可折疊式吸管，這樣一來我就可以隨身帶著走了。

I was working with a friend of mine and she put me in touch with Emma because Emma was the straw girl who absolutely hated plastic straws.

我原本跟朋友共事，然後她幫我跟 Emma 牽線，因為 Emma 是個超級厭惡塑膠吸管的吸管女孩。

So he calls me up completely out of the blue and he's like hey I've got this like crazy idea for a collapsible straw.

有天他就突然打電話給我說：「嘿！我有個很瘋狂的想法，我們可以一起做可折疊式吸管！」

And I'm like okay cool like I'm into this idea because it at least is solving a problem.

然後我覺得蠻酷的，也就加入了他的行列，因為這個主意至少真的能解決一個問題。

So I quit my job in January of 2018 and went full straw.

所以我在 2018 年的一月辭職，然後一頭栽進做吸管的事業。

We decided to run a Kickstarter project and we decided to make a company.

我們決定在 Kickstarter 開始募資，並創立了一家公司。

When we launched the Kickstarter on April 18th it was just two of us, no PR firms, no marketing.

4 月 18 日我們在 Kickstarter 開始募資時，團隊成員只有我們兩個，沒有公關公司或行銷團隊的幫助。

Final straw folds up to the size of a car key and fits in a sexy case.

我們做的「最後一根吸管」折疊起來會是車鑰匙的大小，而且可以裝入一個性感小盒子。

我們原本的募資金額是 $12,500 美元。

We started seeing another sale and then another sale, and then boom boom boom boom boom.

接著訂單一個接著一個來，然後就越來越多、越來越多。

In the 30 days that it ran, we raised just under 2 million.

三十天的募資期我們籌到了將近兩百萬。

Of all the plastic ever created, less than 9% is recycled and then less than 1% is recycled more than once.

所有被製造出來的塑膠製品中，有被回收的塑膠不超過 9%，而被重複回收一次以上的塑膠不到 1%。

有沒有可能回收並非最佳解決方法呢？

So we're here at this recycling facility to show what actually happens to materials when you throw them in the recycling bin.

我們現在來到回收廠來讓大家看看，把東西丟到回收桶後那些垃圾都被做了什麼後續處理。

Everything that comes from waste management that comes from the curbside load will end up on this band and it's their job to grab everything that's recyclable and at the end is where the trash goes out.

所有從路邊垃圾堆到廢物管理場的東西最後都會被傳輸到這個運送帶，他們會把所有可以回收的東西都抓走，然後剩下來的垃圾就會隨著運送帶出去。

So what happens to items like straws that are too small to be recycled?

那像塑膠吸管這種小到不能回收的東西會被怎麼處理呢？

Straw would definitely end up in the trash because this band is moving and they're not gonna grab it.

吸管最後一定是跑到垃圾區，因為這個運送帶一直在運轉，他們不可能抓得住它。

You know they're wearing gloves to protect their hands from glass and things.

他們都戴著手套來保護自己的手不被玻璃和其他東西傷到。

To see the amount of energy that goes into making things and then the amount of energy that goes into disassembling and throwing away those things.

我們見證了製造東西要花費多少資源和心力，也看到了拆卸、丟掉那些東西同樣要花的不少資源和心力。

Like every little choice that we make every day has a much bigger impact than most people really realize.

其實多數人都沒有發現，我們日常生活中做的每一個小決定帶來的影響都很大，比我們意識到的大。

When you throw something away it seems like it disappears from the earth, but the fact is that future generations are going to be dealing with our plastic and it's not fair, it's not fair to them.

丟東西時雖然感覺很像它就從地球上消失了，但事實是未來世代的人們必須承擔處理這些塑膠的責任，而這對他們不公平。

I mean truly if there was any takeaway from hearing our story it would be to inspire others to do the same.

我在想如果人們聽了我們的故事後覺得獲益良多，可能也會啟發別人跟隨我們的腳步。

If you think you have a good idea just go for it.

有任何好的主意就放手去做吧！

Especially if you really really believe in it.

特別是當你對你想做的事堅信不移時，更該勇敢去嘗試。