诺贝尔奖得主的停车位

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1、诺贝尔奖得主的停车位　　nSeptember2009，thecityofHigashiomilaunchedausedcookingoilcollectionserviceforresidentsusingitsmunicipal“Chokotto”transitbuses（chokottobusmeans“quickbusride”inJapanese）.　　Thecollectedcookingoilisrefinedandrecycledforuseasbiodieselfuelintheverysamebuses，whichrunon12routesth

2、roughthecity.　　HigashiomihasalreadydrawnattentionfromalloverJapanbecauseofitseco-friendly“Nanohana”project（rapeseedflowerproject）―involvingawiderangeofinitiativestocreatetheinfrastructureforaregionalsocietybasedonresourcerecycling―whichincludesthecultivationofrapeseed，useofrapeseedoi

3、lforhomecooking，collectionoftheusedcookingoil，andthenrefiningitintofuel.Tocarryouttheproject，thecitybegancooperatingwiththelocalresidents’association，gasstations，communitycouncils，andcompanies.Sofar，ithascollected32，000litersofusedcookingoil，whichrepresents32percentofallhousehold-der

4、ivedwastecookingoilinthecity.　　Torecoverusedoilmostefficiently，thefocusofthebus-collectionserviceistopromotecitizeninvolvement.Forresidents，thesystemworkslikethis：first，theypeeloffthelabelsfromtheemptyclearplasticcookingoilbottleandrinseit；next，theyfillitwiththeirusedcookingoil.Final

5、ly，theypassthefullbottletothebusdriverwhentheygetonthebus，andinreturntheyreceiveaChokottoBus“Eco-Tomo”（whichmeans“eco-friendly”）vouchertouseasafareticketworth100yen（about$1.1）ontheirnextbustrip.　　Therearealsocandlesmadefromusedcookingoilandrecycledglass.　　Wastecookingoildoesn’thaveto

6、godownthedrain；itcanbeusedtomakecandles，accordingtothecreatorsoftheFiltwasteoilcandle.　　Filt’sTokyoofficesitsontopofthepopularChubbycafe.Periodically，Filtemployeesmakethetrekdownstairsandgatherusedcookingoil，whichisfiltered，colored，andscented.Eventhecandleglasscomesfromlocalsources.E

7、veryweek，theFiltersrummagethroughglassrecyclingbinstofindcontainers.Theresult：eachFiltcandleiscompletelyunique.　　Thecandles，whichcostabout$20dependingonsize，areonlyavailableinJapan.Buttheideaofupcyclingwastetocreatenewproductsisgaininggroundaroundtheworld.TerraCycle，aNew-Jersey-based

8、start-up，rep