地沟油竟可以变废为宝？

        Waste cooking oil doesn't have to go down the drain; it can be used to make candles, according to the creators of the Filt waste oil candle.

　　日本致力于平衡生态的“菜花”工程，废弃食用油的归宿不一定是下水道；Filt品牌的创始人告诉我们，它们还可以用来制作蜡烛。

　　Filt's Tokyo office sits on top of the popular Chubby cafe. Periodically, Filt employees make the trek downstairs and gather used cooking oil, which is filtered, colored, and scented. Even the candle glass comes fom local sources. Every week, the Filt-ers rummage through glass recycling bins to find containers. The result: each Filt candle is completely unique.

　　著名的“Chubby”餐厅所在大楼的顶层就是Filt公司东京办公室。Filt公司职员会不定期地徒步下楼，到Chubby餐厅收集废弃的食用油，这些废油会经过过滤，去色以及除味等工序。甚至连承装蜡烛所用的容器都是就地取材。每周Filt员工都会在收集玻璃废物的垃圾桶里寻找可以做蜡烛容器的原料。正因如此，Filt出产的每一支蜡烛都是独一无二的。

　　The candles, which cost about $20 depending on size, are only available in Japan. But the idea of upcycling waste to create new products is gaining ground aound the world. TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based startup, repurposes waste packaging into everything from messenger bags to cell phone holders.

　　这些售价约20美元的蜡烛只在日本销售。但是变废为宝的创意正逐渐风靡全球。在美国新泽西州，就有一家名为TerraCycle的新店，在那里废弃的包装袋被制作成各式各样的商品，从邮差包到手机座。