But instead of being buried in landfills, some feathers could find a future in plastics.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

We're familiar with polymers, plastics in our daily life; the chairs that you're sitting on are made of a kind of a plastic polymer that is basically an organic chemical that is cross-linked together.

我们应该很熟悉聚合物,比如日常生活中的塑料就是,你们坐的椅子,就是由一种塑料聚合物构成,它由基本的有机化学物质交联在一起

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Lastly, up here, is a picture of a much smaller device, this is actually an artificial heart valve that is made of plastics and metal and can replace the valve inside your heart.

最后,在上面这里,这张图片是一个相对较小的装置,这实际上是一个人工心脏瓣膜,由塑料和金属制成,可以取代人的心脏瓣膜

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He points out that traditional flowerpots made from petroleum-based plastics can last much longer.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Things like steel and polymers, or plastics, and ceramics, and of course computers which has progressed remarkably due to the work of engineers in your lifetime, until now you can carry around a cell phone, which would have been unthinkable even 30 years ago.

包括钢铁,聚合物,塑料,陶瓷,当然,计算机这个在你们的有生之年,已经取得令人瞩目的进展的发明,也得归功于工程师的工作,现在你们的手机能随身携带,而这在三十年前是不可想象的

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The toilet is a single-use bag made of environmentally friendly plastics.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

For Dow Chemical,the main focus will be producing material from algae that can be used to make plastics.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Co-founder Bob Casey, "Today,electronic recycling and reuse rates according to the EPA are still hovering around 10 percent, while it's upwards of 50 percent for papers,plastics, things of that nature."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12