法瑞尔·威廉姆斯的创意品牌设计了一套新餐具
法瑞尔·威廉姆斯的创意品牌设计了一套新餐具
A personal cutlery set partially made from recycled CDs aims to both reduce single-use plastic and give diners safer options for eating outside of their home.
一套部分由可回收CD制成的个人餐具，旨在减少一次性使用的塑料制品，并为外出就餐的食客提供更安全的选择。
"The Pebble," is a portable utensil set featuring a knife, fork, spoon, straw and chopsticks. The colorful kit was designed by Otherware, a collaboration between Pharrell Williams' creative brand I Am Other and sustainable design company Pentatonic.
“The Pebble”是一种轻便的餐具，有刀、叉、匙、吸管和筷子。这套彩色的套装由Otherware公司设计，该公司与法瑞尔•威廉姆斯的创意品牌I Am Other和可持续设计公司Pentatonic合作。
The Pebble is made from waste materials including CDs and food packaging.
Pebble是由CDs和食品包装等废料制成的。
Restaurants -- shut down by the coronavirus pandemic -- have cautiously reopened in some parts of the world, adjusting to new safety measures as diners weigh the risks of eating out again.
在世界一些地区，由于冠状病毒流行病而关闭的餐馆已经谨慎地重新开张，他们正在调整新的安全措施，同时食客们也在权衡再次外出就餐的风险。
"We originally began developing this product around the scenarios of festival dining and eating and drinking on the move -- situations which traditionally drive high consumption of single-use utensils," said Pentatonic co-founder Jamie Hall in an email interview. "The Pebble, allowing users to avoid communal sources of utensils when eating and drinking away from home, has grown in its importance as a product benefit in recent months."
Pentatonic公司的联合创始人杰米·霍尔在一次电子邮件采访中说：“我们最初是围绕节日就餐和外出就餐的场景来开发这款产品的，这些场景通常会导致一次性餐具的高消费。”Pebble允许用户在外出就餐和饮酒时避免共用餐具，作为一种产品，它在近几个月的重要性越来越大。”
Single-use plastics pose a major concern for the environment, and account for half of all plastic production, according to the UN. In 2019, the European Parliament approved a law banning 10 single-use plastic items, including straws and cotton buds, by 2021. Some US states, such as California, have explored ways to reduce plastic pollution by banning disposable plastic bags.
据联合国统计，一次性使用塑料是环境的主要问题，占塑料生产总量的一半。2019年，欧洲议会批准了一项法律，在2021年之前禁止使用包括吸管和棉签在内的10种一次性塑料制品。美国的一些州，如加利福尼亚州，已经探索了通过禁止使用一次性塑料袋来减少塑料污染的方法。
But in the light of the pandemic, some restrictions have eased over fears long the virus can live on certain surfaces.
但鉴于流行病，由于担心病毒可能在某些表面存活，一些限制措施已经放松。
Plastic waste has ballooned, from the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) worldwide to restaurants using disposable packaging and utensils.
从全球对个人防护装备(PPE)的需求到使用一次性包装和餐具的餐馆，塑料垃圾激增。
Pharrell Williams launched his creative brand I Am Other in 2012. The collaboration with Pentatonic is a new foray into sustainable design products.
法瑞尔·威廉姆斯在2012年推出了他的创意品牌I Am Other。与Pentatonic公司的合作是对可持续设计产品的新尝试。
Otherware hopes to provide an alternative solution to the latter. "Our team has been super concerned about the seemingly unstoppable flow of single-use plastics, especially around food and drink," said project lead Darla Vaughn in a press release. "The Pebble makes it easy for people to take their first step towards eliminating single-use plastics."
Otherware公司希望为后者提供另一种解决方案。”项目负责人达拉·沃恩在一份新闻稿中说：“我们的团队非常关注一次性塑料似乎无法阻挡的流动，尤其是在食品和饮料方面。” Pebble让人们很容易就迈出了消除一次性塑料的第一步。”
The Pebble is re-recyclable and created from waste materials, including recycled polycarbonate CDs and polypropylene from food packaging.
Pebble是可再循环利用的，由废物制成，包括回收的聚碳酸酯CDs和食品包装中的聚丙烯。
Hall believes that consumer businesses need to "design out" waste materials from the start, by "deeply considering a product's role, material and assembly choices, life cycle realities and the system in which it will circulate.
霍尔认为，消费者企业需要从一开始就“设计出”废旧材料，通过“深入考虑产品的角色、材料和装配选择、生命周期的现实以及它将在其中循环的系统”。
