Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region's growing pile of electronic trash.

湾区官员表示，鉴于萨克拉门托办事拖沓到令人恼火，他们周四计划亲自动手搞定当地日益增长的电子垃圾的问题。

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that consumers and businesses need to recycle old PCs, televisions and cell phones to keep a lid on growing piles of electronic trash.

美国环保署(EPA)声称，消费者和企业需要回收旧的电脑、电视和手机，以控制住不断增多的成堆的电子垃圾。

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Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the fastest growing category of trash, and it includes computers, cellphones, game consoles and some of the hardest-to-recycle materials.

电子垃圾（e-waste）已经成为数量增长最快的垃圾种类，它包括电脑、手机、游戏机和一些难以回收的材料。

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Look at all of that -- diaper packaging, electronic wrap, the plastic wrap from around paper towels -- all stuff that I have thrown in the trash at one point or another because I had no idea how to recycle it.

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