With the rapid development of the urbanization, the problem of the municipal waste becomes more and more serious.

随着城市化进程加快，城市生活垃圾问题越来越严重。

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In 2005 less than 6% of the plastic from America's municipal waste stream was recovered. And of that small fraction, the only two types recycled in significant quantities were PET and HDPE.

2005年，美国城市垃圾中塑料品废料的回收率小于6%，而在这小小一部分回收的塑料品中有相当数量得到回收的两种塑料是PET与HDPE。

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The average Westerner produces over 500kg of municipal waste a year—and that is only the most obvious portion of the rich world’s discards.

西方人一年平均产生超过500公斤城市垃圾，这只是世界上最富裕的地方丢弃的可以统计的垃圾重量。

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He is the director of applied research for the Solid Waste Association of North America, a professional organization that promotes the efficient and environmentally-sound management of municipal solid waste.

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Electronic waste currently constitutes only four percent of total municipal waste, but it is growing by almost 30 percent every five years or three times as fast as the average growth of municipal waste, according to the Commission.

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Figures also showed the total amount of municipal waste generated in Wales has generally decreased, with the tonnage 3% lower for April to June 2012 than for the same quarter in 2011.

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"In a recent poll nine out of every 10 people who voted, opposed the construction of a municipal waste mass burn incinerator at Saddlebow, Kings Lynn, " it said.

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