Recycling's dirty little secret: Processing plants use up to 100, 000 gallons of water a day, mostly to wash crusty food and chemicals off containers before they can be ground up.

关于回收的一个不光明的小秘密：回收处理厂每天要用掉10万加仑水。在容器被磨碎处理以前，要用许多水来冲掉容器内的带壳食品和化学物质。

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As a standard rule, anytime a wash mitt is dropped to the ground, it should not be returned to use but instead should be either discarded or cleaned.

洗车有一个标准，任何时候，只要洗车手套落在了地上，它就不应该再用来抹车身，而是把它放在一边或将它洗干净。

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Acid washing (it is suitable for the ground with too much paint) : use hydrochloric acid with quality percent of 10 ~ 15% to wash the concrete surface.

酸洗法(适用于油漆较多的地面)：用质量分数为10 ~ 15%的盐酸清洗混凝土表面。

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But there's far more newspapers and magazines still end up going into holes in the ground, that never go to places like this for the wash and dry treatment.

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