The Plastic Four's Final Recap “四种塑料”倡议的成果回顾！

Green Initiatives wrapped up the Plastic Four campaign a few weeks ago. Against a campaign target of 500 pledges that we set for ourselves, we achieved 371 pledges.

几周前，绿色倡议结束了"四种塑料"的倡议活动。相对于我们为自己设定的收集齐 500 个承诺，我们最终收集到了 371 个。

We are not disappointed at not reaching our target. It was, undoubtedly, a difficult challenge. The four plastics that’s we were addressing i.e. plastic bottles, shopping bags, straws and disposable cup, are very deeply embedded in our daily lives. Often we are not even aware how accustomed we are to them.

没有达到目标并没有让我们感到沮丧。毕竟，这是一项艰难的挑战。我们提及的四种塑料产品: 塑料瓶、购物袋、吸管以及一次性塑料杯——已经深深地嵌入到我们的生活当中。很多时候，我们甚至无法发觉到自己对这些塑料产品有多么的习以为常。

However, we did succeed in raising a great amount of awareness, as is justified by the number of views on the campaign posts. The ideas advocated by the campaign are being followed and creating impact even after the campaign has ended. People have reached out to us saying how they have stopped using straws or stopped ordering ‘waimai’ boxes for their meals.

然而，通过这次活动，我们成功地引起了一大批人的环保意识。 ” 四种塑料” 活动中所倡导的思想也受到了后续的关注。即便在活动结束后我们也陆续收到反馈，人们纷纷向我们分享自己是如何在日常生活中不去使用吸管，或是避免使用外卖所用及到的包装盒的经验。

These reactions are much beyond our expectations, and precisely the ripples we had intended to cause. 

这些反应已经远远超出了我们的预期，也恰恰是我们想要激起的涟漪。

What We Have Achieved:

• 9875 campaign views

• 371 pledges to avoid plastic use for a month, that translate into (rough estimate):

• 18,006 Straws

• 39,778 Plastic bottles

• 13,104 Plastic bags

• 15,417 Disposable cups

在数字上我们所取得的成就:

• 9875 次活动浏览

• 371 个避免使用塑料产品一个月的承诺，这些塑料产品估计数量为:

• 18,006 根吸管

• 39,778 个塑料瓶

• 13,104 只塑料袋

• 15,417 个一次性塑料杯

  
  

What We Have Learnt:

• It’s a difficult campaign to pledge to, and even more difficult to follow your pledge 100%.

• It’s very easy to fail, especially for those that are not regular consumers of the 4 plastic items.

• Straws simply are the most overused, underrated plastics. In a maximum number of cases, people would be able to consume their drink without the plastic

• You often receive a straw with your drink even when you least expect it; very important to remember to remind that you do not need a straw while placing your order

• People recognize the problem, but feel too big a challenge to avoid their consumption for a month. So challenging that they do not want to give it a try.

• More solutions are needed if people have to reduce the plastic use. From a recycling and technological perspective, there are not enough transparent solutions.

• The simplest solutions are what many already know: REDUCE and REUSE.

• Reducing the amount of things we buy: be it bottled juices, cocktails that come with straws, or takeaway coffee.

• Focus on reuse i.e. if you still have to buy stuff, try to use reusable containers.

从这次活动我们学到了:

• 这本身是一项难度很高的活动，在此基础上，更有难度的是让人们 100%地遵守所做出的承诺。

• 参与者若不熟悉这四种塑料可能出现的场合，很容易忘记继而打破所作下的承诺。

• 吸管是四种塑料中最容易容易被忽视，因而被过度使用的产品。在很多情况下，人们不用吸管也能喝到他们的饮料。

• 即使你不需要吸管，也会常常被给予吸管；所以重要的是：记得提醒自己在下单的时就告诉商家自己不需要吸管。

• 有时人们已经认识到了问题所在，但他们会觉得一个月不去消费塑料产品太难了。正因为难度大，一些人在开始的时候就选择了不去尝试这个挑战。

• 如果一定要减少使用塑料，那么就需要更多的解决方案。因为仅从循环利用和现有科技的角度来看，目前我们还缺少一套完善的解决措施。

• 其实，最简单的两种方法大家都已经知道：减少使用和重复使用。

• 减少我们购买的东西：无论是瓶装果汁、带吸管的鸡尾酒，还是外带咖啡。

• 专注于循环利用，例如：购买生活所需品时，尽量用可重复使用的容器或袋子。

  
  

Lastly, we believe the plastic four campaign needs to be re-launched in a new form and include food takeaway (‘waimai’) containers, disposable cutlery, disposable glasses or cups used in offices, and plates used for birthday cakes.

最后，我们相信“四种塑料”的倡议行动也需要再推出一些新的形式，并包括装外卖食品的容器、一次性餐具、用于办公室的一次性杯子，以及用于生日蛋糕的一次性盘子。

If you haven't yet taken the pledge and still want to make an impact, scan the below QR code or click 'read more' to visit our campaign page.

如果你还没加入这次活动却仍想做出改变，请扫描下面的二维码或者点击“阅读更多”来访问我们的活动页面。