46 What is this passage mainly about?
(A) Plastic pollution in oceans.
(B) Species affected by plastic waste.
(C) Harmful effects of plastic products.
(D) Problems of plastic waste management.

Six pack rings or six pack yokes are a set of connected plastic rings that are used in multi-packs of beverage, particularly six packs of beverage cans.

jumbo jets巨型噴氣式飛機

outstrip超過，勝過  biodegradable 生物所能分解的

Plastic wasn’t invented until the late 19th century, and production only took off around 1950. But today we have 9.2 billion tons of the stuff to deal with. Of that, more than 6.9 billion tons have become waste. It is unclear how long it will take for the plastic to completely biodegrade into constituent molecules. Estimates range from 450 years to never. Meanwhile, ocean plastic is estimated to kill millions of marine animals every year. Nearly 700 species have been affected. Some are harmed visibly—strangled by abandoned fishing nets or discarded six-pack rings.
塑膠直到 19 世紀末才發明，生產在 1950 年左右才開始成長。但今天我們有 92 億噸塑膠需要處理。 其中，超過 69 億噸變成了垃圾。 目前尚不清楚塑膠完全生物分解為組成分子需要多長時間。 估計範圍從 450 年到永遠不會。 與此同時，據估計，海洋塑膠每年殺死數百萬海洋動物。 近700個物種受到影響。 有些明顯受到傷害——被廢棄的漁網或廢棄的六件裝戒指勒死。

Many more are harmed invisibly. They eat microplastics, the bits smaller than one-fifth of an inch across. Since World War II, plastics have transformed our lives, mostly for the better. They have eased travel into space and revolutionized medicine. They lighten cars and jumbo jets, saving fuel and pollution. They extend the life of fresh food and save lives daily by delivering cleaning drinking water to needy areas.
還有更多海洋生物在無形中受到傷害。 它們吃微塑料，這些微塑料小於五分之一英寸。 自第二次世界大戰以來，塑膠改變了我們的生活，主要是為了讓生活變得更好。 他們簡化了太空旅行並徹底改變了醫學。 它們減輕了汽車和大型噴氣式飛機的重量，節省了燃料並減少了污染。 他們通過向貧困地區提供清潔飲用水來延長新鮮食品的壽命並每天挽救生命。

Now the growth of plastic production has far outstripped the ability of waste management, and the oceans are under assault. Governments and corporations have been making efforts to address the waste problem. Kenya, for example, joined a growing list of nations that have banned plastic bags, imposing steep fines and jail time on violators.
現在，塑膠產量的增長已經遠遠超過了廢棄物管理的能力，海洋正受到威脅。 政府和企業一直在努力解決廢物問題。 例如，肯尼亞加入了越來越多禁止塑膠袋的國家行列，對違反者處以高額罰款和入監服刑。

Coca-cola announced a goal to recycle 100 percent of its packaging by 2030. These help at some level, but the real solution is to stop plastic from entering the ocean. There are two fundamental ways industry can help. First, it can design new plastics that are either biodegradable or more recyclable. The second way is to just collect the trash. More effective and efficient garbage collection systems are necessary. We need garbage trucks to collect the waste on a regular basis so that it does not end up going all over the planet.
可口可樂宣布了到 2030 年 100% 回收其包裝的目標。這些在一定程度上有所幫助，但真正的解決辦法是阻止塑膠進入海洋。 工業界可以通過兩種基本方式提供幫助。 首先，它可以設計出可生物分解或更可回收的新型塑膠。 第二種方法是只收集垃圾。 需要更有效和高效的垃圾收集系統。 我們需要垃圾車定期收集垃圾，這樣垃圾就不會流遍全球。

文章大意：塑膠的發明 》 製造的垃圾超過負荷量》缺點—海洋生物受到威脅》優點—讓生活變得更好》如何減輕塑膠對海洋的影響