The firm is now taking part in a new trial to see whether similar devices can separate mixed plastics of all kinds rather than just bottles.

现在，该公司正在参与一项新的实验。实验的目的在于，看看除了瓶子以外的其他塑料制品，在类似这样的设备下能否被分类成功。

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The most common types, PET (type 1) and HDPE (type 2), are collected separately; the rest go into a mixed-plastics bin.

两种废料都要单独进行收集，即最常见的废料（PET-第一类）与高密度聚乙烯（HDPE-第二类）要分开收集，其余的废料会被投入一个混合塑料品垃圾箱。

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There are lots of plastic toy materials and many of them are mixed together from several plastics to use.

塑胶玩具材料有很多种，而且很多材料都是好几种塑胶混合使用。

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The shipment of "mixed plastics" was sent back to the UK and examined by the Environment Agency (EA).

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Tests completed in the last week have shown that the researchers have been able to literally shovel in to such a reactor a wide range of mixed plastics which can then be reduced down to useful products many of which can then be retrieved by simple distillation.

FORBES: Written by Matt Hickman