物流專業(yè)英語教程（第4版）主編:張慶英副主編:張夢(mèng)雅，曾芝蘭高等學(xué)校專業(yè)英語教材PassageAGreenLogisticsPassageB

TheGreenParadoxesofLogisticsinTransportSystemsUNIT17GreenLogisticsUNIT17-A“Logistics”isattheheartofmoderntransportsystems.“Greenness”hasbecomeacode-wordforarangeofenvironmentalconcerns,andisusuallyconsideredpositively.DefinitionofGreenLogistics

Combiningthesetwowordstogethermeansanenvironmentally-friendlyandefficienttransportanddistributionsystem.Incommonwithmanyotherareasofhumanendeavor,“greenness”becameacatchwordinthetransportationindustryinthelate1980sandearly1990s;Environmentalconsiderationsopenedupmarketsforrecyclinganddisposal,andledtoanentirenewsub-sector:reverselogistics;Insertinglogisticsintorecyclingandthedisposalofwastematerialsofallkinds,includingtoxicandhazardousgoods,hasbecomeamajornewmarket.DevelopmentandApplicationofGreenLogisticsHowthelogisticsindustryhasrespondedtotheenvironmentalimperativesisnotunexpected,givenitscommercialandeconomicimperatives,butbyvirtuallyoverlookingsignificantissuesmeansthatthelogisticsindustryisstillnotvery“green”;Bytheendofthe1990smuchofthehyperboleandinterestintheenvironmentbythelogisticsindustryhadbeenspent;Atthebeginningofthe21stcenturythelogisticsindustryingeneralisstillalongwayfrombeingconsideredgreen.DevelopmentandApplicationofGreenLogistics1.Thetwowordsthatmakeupthetitleofthischapterareeachchargedwithmeaning,butcombined;theyformaphrasethatisparticularlyevocative.“Logistics”isattheheartofmoderntransportsystems.Notes組成該章標(biāo)題的兩個(gè)單詞各有其意思，但合并在一起便組成了一個(gè)特別能引起共鳴的術(shù)語?！拔锪鳌笔乾F(xiàn)代運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)的核心。1.Ashasbeendemonstratedearlier,thetermimpliesadegreeorganizationandcontroloverfreightmovementsthatonlymoderntechnologycouldhavebroughtintobeing.Notes如前所述，這個(gè)術(shù)語意味著現(xiàn)代技術(shù)在貨物運(yùn)輸上達(dá)到的組織和控制程度。2.Insertinglogisticsintorecyclingandthedisposalofwastematerialsofallkinds,includingtoxicandhazardousgoods,hasbecomeamajornewmarket.Thereareseveralvariants.Notes將物流擴(kuò)展到所有物品的回收和廢棄物（如有毒品和危險(xiǎn)品）的處理，就形成了一個(gè)重要的新興市場(chǎng)。這里有多種不同的情形。2.Animportantsegmentiscustomer-driven,wheredomesticwasteissetasidebyhome-dwellersforrecycling.Thishasachievedwidepopularityinmanycommunities,notablybecausethepublicbecameinvolvedintheprocess.Notes其中重要的一類是用戶驅(qū)動(dòng)型，即居民們把家居廢棄物拿出來供回收利用。這個(gè)方案現(xiàn)已在許多社區(qū)得到了廣泛的應(yīng)用，公眾自己參與到過程中。Whataretheimportantissuesforgreenlogistics?Asweexplorethegreenlogisticsingreaterdetail,whydoesitsuggestthatitsapplicationmaybemoredifficultthanwhatmighthavebeenexpectedonfirstencounter?12TopicfordiscussionHowmanydifferenttypesoflogisticsareusedfortherecyclingandtreatmentofvariouswastematerial