【推荐1】We are calling on people around the world to create a “Million Acts of Blue” — actions to push retailers, corporations and businesses to reduce single-use plastic. That is, we are going to take actions to deal with the current plastic pollution. Every action to reduce single-use plastics     1     (send) a message to the industry that it’s time to change. We can no longer allow products that     2     (use) for a few seconds to pollute     3     (we) planet for a lifetime.

The Palace Museum in Beijing, the capital of China, is becoming waste-free. The 720,000-square-meter structure has managed     1    (reduce) the number of rubbish bins to 110 sets in areas open to     2     public. It is a decrease from 310 sets logged in January 2020, when a zero-waste campaign     3    (launch), said the museum.

While     4    (protect) features of the six-century-old historical relic, the action also helps visitors and tourists get into the habit     5     creating less waste. The museum also recycled more than 32,000 plastic bottles to make cultural and creative     6    (product) between June 2021 and October 2023,     7     is equal to a reduction in carbon emission by 931 kilograms.

By launching the campaign, the Palace Museum is taking a science-based and cautious approach to waste. The target is to minimize the generation of waste that needs to be buried     8     burned and bring the amount of such waste infinitely close to zero, said the museum.

Up till now,     9    (approximate) 3,000 museum staff members, 40,000 tourist guides, and 21 million visitors     10    (participate) in the campaign. And the figure is updating.