1 follows a strict recycling policy 遵循着严格的回收政策

　　It met the EU's 2020 target of recycling 50% of waste many years ago. But almost everyone who lives here follows a strict recycling policy at home.很多年以前，这个国家就达到了联合国2020年前回收百分之五十废品的目标。然而，几乎生活在这里的每个人都在家遵循着严格的回收政策。

　　2 sort their household waste into seven separate categories 把生活垃圾分成七种

　　People are expected to sort their household waste into seven separate categories, including food, textiles, cartons and metal.政策要求人们把生活垃圾分成七种，例如：食物、纺织品、硬纸盒和金属。

　　3 jumbled up 全部乱堆在一起

　　The bags arrive all jumbled up because they're collected altogether, once a fortnight from outside people's houses.运送到回收站的塑料袋全部乱堆在一起，因为它们都是每两周从各家房子外面收集过来的。

　　4 separate them efficiently有效地挑拣分离开来

　　But thanks to those bright colours, scanners can select the bags and separate them efficiently.多亏了这些袋子颜色鲜艳，扫描装置能够有效地把袋子挑拣分离开来。

　　5 is processed on site into slurry to make bio gas 接当场加工成浆，制成沼气

　　The food waste in green bags is processed on site into slurry to make bio gas, which powers the city's buses.装在绿色袋子里的食物废品直接当场加工成浆，制成沼气，用来给城市公交提供驱动力。

　　6less cross-contamination 减少了交叉污染

　　One of the benefits of this method of recycling is that there is less cross-contamination, so more of the recycled waste can actually be used to make new things.这种回收方法的一个好处是减少了交叉污染，所以很多回收的废品最终都可以用来做成新的东西。

　　7 is incinerated/ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtid/at a local plant to generate electricity在当地发电厂焚烧发电

　　Waste that cannot be recycled is incinerated at a local plant to generate electricity.不能回收的废品会被运往当地发电厂焚烧发电。

　　8 reduces reliance on fossil fuels 减少对化石燃料的依赖性

　　create greenhouse gases产生温室气体

　　This reduces reliance on fossil fuels, but does create greenhouse gases.

　　虽然这样可以减少对化石燃料的依赖性，但是会产生温室气体。