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1、AChickeninEveryPot:FindingNewUsesforFeathersThisistheVOASpecialEnglishAgricultureReport.Chickenfeathersareuseful,andnotjusttoachicken.Somegointopillows,coatsandotherproducts.Butcountlesschickenfeathersgotowaste.IntheUnitedStates,billionsofchickensareproducedyea

2、rly.Mostoftheirfeathersarethrownaway.Butinsteadofbeingburiedinlandfills,somefeatherscouldfindafutureinplastics.ScientistsintheWashingtonareahavebeenworkingwithkeratin,themainsubstanceinpoultryfeathers.Oneoftheproductstheyhavedevelopedisaflowerpot.Itmaylooklikeo

3、therflowerpots.Butthecontainerbreaksdownintheearthwithinonetofiveyears.Andasitbreaksdown,itnaturallyreleasesnitrogenintothesoil.Theflowerpotsaremadebyreducingchickenfeatherstoapowder.Thenthepowderisformedintopelletsandshapedintopots.Theenvironmentallyfriendlyfl

4、owerpotistheworkoftworesearchers.WalterSchmidtiswiththeAgriculturalResearchService,partoftheUnitedStatesAgricultureDepartment.MasudHudaiswiththeHorticulturalResearchInstitute,aprivateorganization.Theinstitute'sresearchdirector,MarkTeffeau,saystheflowerpotworksw

5、ellforvegetablesandsmallfloweringplantslikegeraniumsandimpatiens.WalterSchmidthasbeenworkingtofindusesforchickenfeatherssincethenineteennineties.Progressintwothousandtwoshowedthatplasticmadefromfeatherscouldbeformedlikeotherplastics.Hesaysfeathersaremuchstronge

6、randlastlongerthananotherplantmaterial,cellulose.WALTERSCHMIDT:"Feathersareabouteighttimesasstrongascellulose.Bydesign,feathersarestronganddurable.Andtheotherpartaboutitisiffeathersweretwiceasheavy,orhalfasstrong,thenbirdscouldn'tfly."Hepointsoutthattraditional

7、flowerpotsmadefrompetroleum-basedplasticscanlastmuchlonger.Buthewondersifthereisreallyaneed.Hesaysmostflowerpotsareneverre-used.WALTERSCHMIDT:"Whywouldyouwantaplasticthatyouuseforayeartolastfortwohundredyears?Itmakesnosense.Youwanttomatchtheproductwiththeuse."W

8、alterSchmidtandMasudHudaarenowaddinganotherchickenproducttotheirflowerpots--chickenwaste.Thewastewilladdmorenutrientstothesoilasthepotbreaksdown.Thescientistssaytheyhopethei