landfills 填埋
- In Britain landfills are taxed out of all proportion to the damage they do the environment.
在英国,填埋垃圾须纳税,而纳税的额度与垃圾对环境的危害完全不成比例。 - But gulls can live up to 25 years and with an endless food source at nearby landfills and baseball parks, she says there's only so much they can do.
但是,海鸥的寿命一般可以长达25年,加上附近的垃圾填埋场和棒球场里,有无穷的食物来源,她说,他们可以做的也就只有这么多了。 - Wasted food also takes an environmental toll. Food scraps make up about 19 percent of the waste dumped in landfills, where it ends up rotting and producing methane, a greenhouse gas.
被丢弃的食物对自然环境来说也是一种负担,食品垃圾占了需要填埋的垃圾总量的19%,它们最终会腐烂,产生甲烷——一种温室气体。
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