目前，尽管原材料加工需要额外的能源，但往往很便宜，因为回收时收集和分类需要更多劳动力。
At the moment, it is often cheaper to process virgin materials, despite the extra energy required, because collecting and sorting recyclables is so labour-intensive.
垃圾废料收集、运输与分类的费用通常超过了售卖回收处理品所得到的财政收入，而且这些费用还远远高于直接处理这些垃圾的费用。
The cost of collecting, transporting and sorting materials generally exceeds the revenues generated by selling the recyclables, and is also greater than the disposal costs.
在中国，人们会通过中间商以付费的方式收集可回收的垃圾，然后中间商再将垃圾卖掉或分类回收。
Then the middle man then sells the trash to be dealt with and or separated and recycled.
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