I was upset to learn that many sea animals eat plastic garbage, thinking it is food.

当我得知许多海洋动物将塑料垃圾当成食物并吃掉时，我很难过。

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Wet garbage usually comes from the kitchen, such as food and vegetables.

湿垃圾通常来自厨房，如食物和蔬菜。

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While restaurants throw away tons of food each year, much of it remains inaccessible because of locked garbage containers, health regulations, or business policies.

虽然餐馆每年都会丢弃数以吨计的食物，但由于垃圾箱被锁、卫生法规或商业政策等原因，很多食物仍然无法食用。

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People foraged in dumps and garbage cans for food.

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With fewer opportunities to hunt seals, they venture closer to towns in search of garbage or unattended dog food if not the dogs themselves.

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In one of the favelas, outside of the city, one woman (Regina Silva Gomes) decided that she would collect local garbage and exchange it for food lead a project to clean up the community, where the streets were littered with trash and infested with rodents.

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