2023年01月11日 VOA慢速英语：比利时项目使用人发来帮助环境

In Belgium, a non-governmental organization called Dung Dung is recycling human hair to protect the environment.
在比利时，一个名为 Dung Dung 的非政府组织正在回收人类头发以保护环境。
 
The organization gets the hair from coiffeurs who sweep up and collect the hair from their customers.
该组织从理发师那里获得头发，理发师负责清扫并从顾客那里收集头发。
 
The Hair Recycle project puts the hair into a machine that turns it into square mats. The mats can be used to absorb oil or other kinds of pollution found in water. The hair can also be used as part of the material for special containers.
头发回收项目将头发放入机器中，将其变成方垫。垫子可用于吸收水中发现的油或其他种类的污染物。毛发也可用作特殊容器的部分材料。
 
Patrick Janssen is the co-founder of Dung Dung. He said that one kilogram of hair can absorb seven to eight liters of oil or similar chemicals called hydrocarbons. He said the mats can help absorb pollution in water before it reaches a river.
Patrick Janssen 是 Dung Dung 的联合创始人。他说，一公斤头发可以吸收七到八升油或称为碳氢化合物的类似化学物质。他说垫子可以帮助在到达河流之前吸收水中的污染物。
 
"Our products are all the more ethical as they are manufactured locally...they are not imported from the other side of the planet," he told the Reuters news agency. "They are made here to deal with local problems."
他对路透社说： “我们的产品在当地制造，因此更加合乎道德……它们不是从地球的另一端进口的。” “他们是来这里解决当地问题的。”
 
The project said on its website that hair has powerful qualities. One piece of hair can support up to 10 million times its own weight. In addition to absorbing fat and hydrocarbons, it does not break down in water and is able to stretch a lot.
该项目在其网站上表示，头发具有强大的品质。一根头发最多可以支撑自身重量的1000万倍。除了吸收脂肪和碳氢化合物外，它在水中不会分解并且能够拉伸很多。
 
Isabelle Voulkidis is the supervisor of a hair care business in Brussels. She is one of the hair dressers across the country who pays a small fee to the project to collect their hair cuttings.
Isabelle Voulkidis 是布鲁塞尔一家护发公司的主管。她是全国的理发师之一，她向该项目支付少量费用以收集剪发。
 
She said she wants to help the project because she knows how much can be done with the hair.
她说她想帮助这个项目，因为她知道头发可以做多少事情。