Scientists estimate that the millions of tons of plastics buried in landfills can take hundreds of years to decompose. Some student entrepreneurs from Brigham Young University in Utah have developed and patented an eco-friendly product that, when sprayed on plastics as they enter landfills, will make the plastics biodegrade in three years or less.
据科学家们估计，埋在垃圾填埋场内的几百万吨塑料品需要几百年时间才能分解。犹他州（Utah）杨柏翰大学（Brigham Young University ）的一些学生创业者开发了一种保护生态的产品并申请了专利，在进入垃圾填埋场的塑料品上喷洒这种产品，就能让塑料品在3年或更短的时间内完成生物递降分解。
The students’ company — Inviroment LLC — recently won $100, 000 in the National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition, a grant program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and scientists to tackle some of the greatest challenges facing the United States.
这些大学生们创办的公司——环保有限责任公司（Inviroment LLC）——最近在“全美清洁能源企业规划竞赛”（National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition）中赢得了10万美元奖金。这是美国能源部（U.S. Department of Energy）赞助的奖项，旨在激励新一代企业家和科学家去解决美国面临的一些最艰巨的挑战。
The competition, launched in 2011, is designed to build regional networks of student-focused business creation contests across the country. It is part of the Obama administration’s Startup America initiative to inspire and promote entrepreneurship.
这项竞赛于2011年发起，旨在全国各地建立以学生为主的企业创新竞赛的地区网络。这是欧巴马政府的“美国创业计划”（Startup America initiative）的一项内容，旨在激发和提倡创业精神。
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