哇！垃圾居然会“变身”？/Wow! Trash Can Actually "Transform"?

<meta name="chapter" content="1"> <meta name="bilingual" content="zh-en"> <tag type="section" id="section-1" title="场景引入"> 夏天的风裹着香草冰淇淋的甜味，吹得小区花园里的月季花直晃脑袋。6岁的小星举着快化完的冰淇淋，蹦蹦跳跳地追着一只黄蝴蝶，嘴里还含混地喊着：“等等我！等等我！” 跑得太急，他没注意脚下的小石子，“哎哟”一声往前跄，手里攥着的冰淇淋木棍“哗啦”飞出去，“咚”地撞在分类垃圾桶的桶壁上。 “哎哟！谁打我的头呀？”一个细细软软的童音突然响起来。 小星揉着摔疼的膝盖，凑过去一看：那根他刚咬过的香草冰淇淋木棍，正晃着两片刚冒出来的嫩绿色小树叶，长着两颗尖尖的树叶耳朵，手里还举着半块没化的巧克力，气鼓鼓地瞪着他。 “你、你怎么会说话？”小星瞪圆了眼睛，嘴巴里还含着一口没咽下去的冰淇淋。 小木棍精灵晃了晃树叶耳朵，跳到垃圾桶沿上：“我是垃圾小精灵呀！你刚才把我扔错地方啦，我不是要扔到其他垃圾的桶里的！”

The summer wind is wrapped with the sweet scent of vanilla ice cream, blowing the rose bushes in the community garden swaying their heads. Six-year-old Xiao Xing holds the almost melted ice cream, bouncing and chasing a yellow butterfly, mumbling in his mouth: "Wait for me! Wait for me!" Running too fast, he didn't notice the small stone under his feet, stumbled forward with an "ouch", and the ice cream stick he was holding flew out with a "clatter", hitting the wall of the classified trash can with a "thud". "Ouch! Who hit my head?" A soft, childish voice suddenly rang out. Xiao Xing rubbed his painful knee, leaned over and looked: the vanilla ice cream stick he just bit on was shaking two newly sprouted tender green leaves, with two pointed leaf ears, holding half a piece of unmelted chocolate in its hand, glaring at him angrily. "Why, why can you talk?" Xiao Xing widened his eyes, with a mouthful of unswallowed ice cream. The little stick fairy shook her leaf ears and jumped onto the edge of the trash can: "I'm the trash elf! You just threw me in the wrong place! I'm not supposed to go into the other trash can!" </tag>

<tag type="section" id="section-2" title="垃圾到底是什么？"> 小精灵跳进小星的手心，凉丝丝的，还带着点木头的清香味。它歪着脑袋解释：“小朋友，你平时说的‘垃圾’，其实就是我们‘被放错地方的宝贝’呀！” “啊？垃圾是宝贝？”小星愣了，他昨天刚把写满的作业本扔到其他垃圾桶里，难道那也是宝贝？ “对呀对呀！”小精灵挥了挥手里的巧克力，“你想想，你喝完了的矿泉水瓶，它的工作是装水，装完水你就把它扔了，它本来还可以融化之后做成新的文具盒、新的玩具零件呀；你吃剩的香蕉皮，埋到土里几个月就变成黑黑的肥料，能让你们家的月季花多开好几朵呢！这些本来还能用的东西，被你放错了地方，就成了大家说的‘垃圾’，但其实它们只是还没找到自己的新工作而已。” 小星眼睛亮了：“那、那我的作业本呢？我写满了就不能写了呀。” “谁说的！”小精灵精灵跳了跳，“你写完的作业本，送到回收站，打成纸浆之后就能变成新的作业本、新的绘本，比你刚才扔到其他垃圾桶里当垃圾好一百倍呢！”

"What are you talking about? Trash is a treasure?" Xiao Xing was stunned. He threw the full exercise book into the other trash can yesterday, so is that also a treasure? "Yes, yes!" The elf waved the chocolate in its hand: "Think about it, the plastic water bottle you drink from, its job is to hold water. After holding the water, you throw it away, but it can also be melted into new pencil cases and toy parts; the banana peel you eat, buried in the soil for a few months, turns into black fertilizer, which can make the roses in your home bloom a lot more! These things that can still be used are put in the wrong place, so they become what everyone calls 'trash', but in fact they just haven't found their new job yet." Xiao Xing's eyes lit up: "Then, what about my exercise book? I can't write anymore after it's full." "Who says so!" The elf jumped a little: "The exercise book you wrote on, sent to the recycling station, beaten into pulp, can become new exercise books and new picture books, which is a hundred times better than you throwing it into the other trash can as trash!" </tag>

<tag type="section" id="section-3" title="常见的垃圾种类，你分得清吗？"> 小精灵跳到小星的书包上，挥着树叶手给他讲：“我们平时说的垃圾，其实可以分成四大类，每一类都有不同的‘变身魔法’哦！”

1. 可回收物（Recyclable Waste）：最会“变废为宝”的宝贝

可回收物就是那些可以回收再利用，变成新东西的垃圾，最常见的包括这三类：

• 纸类：写完的作业本、看完的绘本、压扁的快递纸箱、干净的报纸，洗干净之后都能打成纸浆，变成新的纸制品。
• 塑料：喝完的矿泉水瓶、牛奶盒、干净的塑料玩具，融化之后可以做成新的文具、新的塑料零件。
• 金属和玻璃：喝完的易拉罐、玻璃罐头瓶，熔化之后可以做成新的易拉罐、新的玻璃杯。

> 【小提示 / Little Tip】投放可回收物的时候，记得把纸箱压扁，把塑料瓶里的剩水倒干净，这样更方便运输和处理哦！

The elf jumped onto Xiao Xing's schoolbag, waving her leaf hand to tell him: "The trash we usually talk about can actually be divided into four categories, and each category has a different 'transformation magic'!"

1. Recyclable Waste: The most "waste-to-wealth" treasures

Recyclable waste is the kind of trash that can be recycled and reused to make new things. The most common ones include these three categories:

• Paper: Written exercise books, read picture books, flattened express delivery cartons, clean newspapers, all can be beaten into pulp after washing, and turned into new paper products.
• Plastic: Drank mineral water bottles, milk cartons, clean plastic toys, can be melted into new stationery and new plastic parts.
• Metal and glass: Drank cans, glass jam jars, can be melted into new cans and new glass cups.

> [Little Tip] When throwing recyclable waste, remember to flatten the carton and pour out the remaining water in the plastic bottle, which makes it more convenient for transportation and processing! </tag>

2. 厨余垃圾（Kitchen Waste）：能变成花肥的“小厨师”

厨余垃圾就是我们平时吃剩的食物，比如吃剩的苹果核、香蕉皮、没吃完的米饭、过期的面包，这些垃圾里面有丰富的营养，送到堆肥厂之后，经过微生物的分解，就能变成黑黑的有机肥料，给花草树木当“营养餐”，让它们长得更茂盛。 > 【小提示 / Little Tip】投放厨余垃圾的时候，记得把汤汤水水倒干净，不要把塑料袋、塑料餐盒混进去哦，不然会影响堆肥的效果！

2. Kitchen Waste: The "little chef" that can become flower fertilizer

Kitchen waste is the leftover food we usually eat, such as leftover apple cores, banana peels, unfinished rice, expired bread. These wastes are rich in nutrients. After being sent to the composting plant and decomposed by microorganisms, they can turn into black organic fertilizer, which serves as a "nutritious meal" for flowers and trees, making them grow more luxuriantly. > [Little Tip] When throwing kitchen waste, remember to pour out the soup and water, and don't mix plastic bags and plastic lunch boxes in it, otherwise it will affect the effect of composting! </tag>

3. 有害垃圾（Hazardous Waste）：要小心处理的“小炸弹”

有害垃圾就是那些对人体或者环境有害的垃圾，比如用完的纽扣电池、过期的药品、坏掉的温度计、荧光灯管，这些垃圾里面有重金属、有毒化学物质，如果随便扔到土里或者河里，会污染土壤和水，还会让小朋友生病，所以一定要放到专门的有害垃圾收集点，让专业人员处理。 > 【特别提醒 / Special Reminder】小朋友不要随便碰有害垃圾哦！如果不小心碰到了，一定要马上告诉爸爸妈妈，用洗手液把手洗干净！

3. Hazardous Waste: The "little bomb" that needs careful handling

Hazardous waste is the kind of waste that is harmful to the human body or the environment, such as used button batteries, expired medicines, broken thermometers, and fluorescent tubes. These wastes contain heavy metals and toxic chemicals. If they are thrown into the soil or rivers at will, they will pollute the soil and water, and also make children sick. So they must be put into special hazardous waste collection points for professional treatment. > [Special Reminder] Children should not touch hazardous waste at will! If you accidentally touch it, be sure to tell your mom and dad immediately, and wash your hands with hand sanitizer! </tag>

4. 其他垃圾（Other Waste）：暂时没法变身的“等待者”

其他垃圾就是除了上面三类之外的垃圾，比如用过的尿不湿、擦过油污的纸巾、摔碎的陶瓷碗、烟头，这些垃圾目前还没有很好的再利用方法，所以要放到其他垃圾桶里，进行安全填埋或者焚烧，不要随便乱丢到自然里。 > 【小口诀 / Little Rhyme】帮你快速记分类： > 可回收，记牢啦：纸塑玻金，都可收。 > 厨余垃圾，要分清：剩菜果皮，能堆肥。 > 有害垃圾，要小心：电池药品，别乱碰。 > 其他垃圾，记清楚：尿不湿巾，都归它

小星拍着小手念了两遍口诀，眼睛亮得像装了星星：“我记住啦！可回收是宝贝，厨余能堆肥，有害要小心，其他归其他！”他念完突然停住，歪着脑袋问，“那、那如果我们把垃圾扔错地方，或者乱扔到地上，会怎么样呀？”

Xiao Xing clapped his hands and recited the rhyme twice, his eyes as bright as stars: "I remember! Recyclables are treasures, kitchen waste can be composted, hazardous waste needs care, and other waste goes in its place!" After reciting, he suddenly stopped, tilted his head and asked, "Then, what happens if we throw garbage in the wrong place, or litter on the ground?"

小精灵的树叶耳朵一下子耷拉下来，语气也变得严肃起来：“这个问题问得特别好哦。乱扔垃圾、扔错垃圾，不仅会让本来能变身的宝贝失去‘魔法’，还会伤害地球妈妈，伤害很多小动物，甚至会影响我们自己的健康。” The elf's leaf ears drooped immediately, and her tone became serious: "That's a really good question. Littering or throwing garbage in the wrong place not only makes treasures that could transform lose their 'magic', but also hurts Mother Earth, many small animals, and even affects our own health."

乱扔垃圾的伤害，比你想象的还大 / The Harm of Littering Is Greater Than You Think

小精灵挥了挥树叶手，先给小星看了个小画面：上周小星在海边玩的时候，看到一个被海浪冲上岸的透明塑料袋，紧紧缠住了一只小螃蟹的右腿，小螃蟹挣扎了好久都挣不开，腿都磨红了，疼得直掉小眼泪。最后还是小星跑过去，小心地把塑料袋扯下来，小螃蟹才挥着钳子爬回海里。 The elf waved her leaf hand and first showed Xiao Xing a small scene: Last week when Xiao Xing was playing on the beach, he saw a transparent plastic bag washed ashore by the waves, tightly wrapped around the right leg of a little crab. The little crab st