Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year—about 64 items per person—and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

她发现，美国人每年大约购买200亿件衣服，大约每人买64件，不管他们送出去多少，这种过剩都会导致浪费。

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As Rob Carlson of the University of Washington points out, if money is to be made selling products made from exhaust gas, then that gas goes from being waste matter to being a valuable resource.

正像华盛顿大学的罗伯·卡尔森所指出的那样，如果出售废气可以赚钱，那么，这些气体就会由废物变为有价值的资源。

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Pet allergies are usually not allergies to fur but allergies to the animal's dead skin, saliva, or waste matter. Regularly cleaning pets can dramatically reduce allergies.

动物过敏者通常来说不是对动物的皮毛过敏而是对动物的死皮，唾液或者是便便。

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