Walking to class at Barnard college it was hard not to notice the shoulder-high piles of garbage bags stacked along the city streets.

走在去巴纳德学院上课的路上，很难不注意到街道两旁一堆堆齐肩高的垃圾。

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The idea of a slum conjures up an image of children playing amidst piles of garbage, with no running water and the rank, rife stench of sewage.

说道贫民窟，人们会联想到儿童在垃圾堆里玩耍，没有清洁水，没有空间，到处弥漫垃圾的恶臭。

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A woman walks past piles of uncollected garbage in Thessaloniki, Greece.

希腊塞萨洛·尼基的一位女士走过未清理的垃圾堆。

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And while much of the countryside in the remote, largely undeveloped country remains pristine, garbage in the villages piles up almost unchecked.

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She knew she couldn't replace the moments on film now sitting in piles of garbage, corroded with seawater.

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Coming from New York City, where piles of garbage, no matter how neatly stacked, are synonymous with rats and cockroaches, this was quite remarkable.

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Municipalities are requiring that garbage be separated into a larger number of different piles (plastic here, glass there).

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