Soft drink bottles are usually made of a type of plastic called polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.

软饮料瓶通常由一种叫做聚对酸乙醇或 PET 的塑料制成。

The main raw material is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a plastic that is cheap and easy to process.

主要原料是聚对酸乙醇(PET)，这是一种廉价且易于加工的塑料。

AZUZ : Ten-second trivia: Polyethylene terephthalate is a form of what?

聚对酸乙醇是什么?

The catalyst breaks down the waste into its two base monomers: DMT, dimethyl terephthalate, and MEG, monoethylene glycol.

DMT，就是对酸，和 MEG，单乙醇。

Adidas uses plastic bottles that contain polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.

阿迪达斯使用含有聚对酸乙醇或 PET 的塑料瓶。

I would feed my bacteria polyethylene terephthalate, or PET plastic.

我会喂养我的细菌聚对酸乙醇或 PET 塑料。

The enzyme is able to break down polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.

该酶能够分解聚对酸乙醇或 PET。

DMT, dimethyl terephthalate, and MEG, monoethylene glycol.

DMT，对酸，MEG，单乙醇。

The purified DMT and MEG are then turned back into PET, polyethylene terephthalate, which is the base material for many plastic products.

净化后的 DMT 和 MEG 会被转化回 PET，聚对酸乙醇，这是很多塑料产品的基本材料。

It's made of a polymer called " polyethylene terephthalate" , which has rings of carbons separated by chains of carbons, some of which have single and double bonds, to oxygen atoms.

它是由聚对酸乙醇聚合物组成的，它有分离的碳链，相对于氧原子而言，一些含有单键和双键。

Sprite's current plastic contains green polyethylene terephthalate (PET) , an additive that can't be recycled into new bottles, a key initiative for the company as it looks to reduce plastic waste.

可口可乐公司表示，目前的瓶子含有无法循环利用的绿色聚对酸乙醇（PET），而从瓶子中去除颜色可以提高回收材料的质量。

Last week, we mentioned how scientists had developed an enzyme that can help break down a common form of plastic called polyethylene terephthalate or PET. Here are the details on how that works.

上周，我们提到了科学家们是如何开发出一种酶来帮助分解一种叫做聚对酸乙醇或PET的常见塑料。下面是有关如何工作的详细信息。

In a small study, researchers from New York University School of Medicine discovered that infants have 10 to 20 times higher microplastic concentrations in their stool than adults, specifically when it comes to PET (polyethylene terephthalate) microplastics.

在一项小型研究中， 纽约大学医学院的研究人员发现， 婴儿粪便中的微塑料浓度比成人高 10 到 20 倍，尤其是 PET（聚对酸乙醇）微塑料。