According to the EPA, over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are consumed in the U. S. each year.

根据EPA的报告，每年全美国的塑料袋，手提袋和包装袋消耗量超过3800亿个。

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According to the EPA, due to the continual depletion of the ozone, UVB rays are penetrating the earth's atmosphere at an increasing rate.

根据EPA环境保护局，由于不断减少的臭氧层，UV B射线是以不断增长的比例穿越地球的大气层，UV B射线已经和各种类型的皮肤癌有直接关系。

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The leading source of mercury is pollution from coal-burning power plants, which accounts for 40% of all domestic anthropogenic mercury, according to the EPA.

据环保局统计，汞的主要来源是占国内人为排汞量40%的燃煤电厂污染物。

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Co-founder Bob Casey, "Today,electronic recycling and reuse rates according to the EPA are still hovering around 10 percent, while it's upwards of 50 percent for papers,plastics, things of that nature."

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According to the EPA, America generates 290 million scrap tires annually, and 233 million of them make it to a market.

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According to the EPA, the small engines that power leaf blowers will account for 18 percent of smog-forming emissions by 2020, unless they are regulated.

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According to the EPA, since cleanup began in the early 1980 more than 74 million gallons of groundwater have been treated and 2, 000 pounds of volatile organic compounds removed.

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