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On Tuesday, Australia takes another step towards reshaping its throw-away society.

在星期二，澳洲採取新一步重塑丟棄社會階段措施

A range of single-use plastic, including straws, cutlery and micro beads in shampoo, will be banned in its most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), in a bid to reduce waste.

新南方鯨力圖減少浪費，即一系列拋棄式塑膠，包括吸管、刀具、洗髮精內的珠子，將會被人口眾多的州禁止，

"Australia has been very active over the last few years in moving to ban single-use plastics. We now have bans in place in over half of Australia's states and territories," says Shane Cucow, the plastics campaign manager at the Australian Marine Conservation Society.

在過去近數年針對禁止拋棄式塑膠以採取積極措施。

澳洲海洋保護社會的Shane Cucow說，我們現在已經禁止超過過半的州與領土。

"It's been incredible progress considering just two years ago not a single state and territory had banned single-use plastics."

蓋前兩年沒有任一周或任一領土禁止拋棄式塑膠，這是一個不可思議的進步。

Australia has complex record with plastic waste. Though it has long been accused of inaction, the country has also seen celebrated examples of leadership.

One of the forefathers of the anti-waste movement was Ian Kiernan, a Sydney-born property developer who became a professional yachtsman.

澳洲有複合型態的塑膠廢棄物，雖然一直被控訴不作為，但國家仍有一些被值得讚賞的標竿型的例子。

專業的遊艇手 Ian Kiernan 出生於雪梨，是反塑膠運動之先驅者之一。 

In the 1980s, he had an environmental epiphany in the waters of the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean during a solo race around the world.

在80年代他有環境對於在世界單人賽 the Atlantic Ocea的the Sargasso Sea 有環境的領悟。

"He was horrified by the amount of pollution, particularly plastic," explains one of his daughters, Pip. "So, that was the impetus to come back and do something about it."

他當時對於大量的污染感到震驚，特別是塑膠。他的其中一個女兒Pip說道。

所以回去後他對於環境保護有動力 並為此完成一些事。

In 1989, Ian Kiernan launched Clean Up Sydney Harbour, a community effort to tackle litter in one of the world's most famous waterways.

在1989年Ian Kiernan 發起的清理雪梨港口運動，努力處理在世界上最有名的水路之一的垃圾。