This column offers as its European of the Year Playmobil man, a short, stiff-legged, eternally smiling, plastic figure first created three decades ago, and today churned out at a rate of 80m a year.

本专栏将Playmobil玩偶提名为“年度欧洲人”。 这是一个身形矮小，两腿僵直，始终面带微笑的塑料小人，诞生于30年前，如今年每年要生产8000万个。

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Because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills.

因为很少有人能想出如何处理塑料，大部分塑料最终被掩埋在垃圾填埋场。

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But because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills.

但是因为很少有人能想出如何处理塑料，大部分塑料最终被掩埋在垃圾填埋场。

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In physical form Steel will be a 6-inch plastic superhero action figure, with a well-developed backstory.

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