The waste has been put down to burning old cosmetic stock to make way for their new beauty range.

正是因为他们为了推销新的美妆系列，而焚烧掉旧的化妆品库存，才造成这种浪费。

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All the millions of tons of waste that go into landfills started as an old pair of slippers, a broken TV set, or a used magazine that came from somebody's house, maybe yours.

所有进入垃圾填埋场的数百万吨垃圾，都是从一双旧拖鞋、一台坏了的电视机，或者是一本从别人家里（也许是你的）拿出来的旧杂志开始的。

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All the millions of tons of waste that go into landfills started as an old pair of slippers, a broken TV set, or a used magazine that came from somebody's house—maybe yours!

进入垃圾填埋场的垃圾总共有数百万吨，都是从一双旧拖鞋、一台坏电视机，或者是一本从别人家里（也许是你的家里）扔出来的旧杂志开始积攒的。

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Tilling can remove weeds and the waste from last season's crops and help break down old plant material into fertilizer.

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Remember the old saw, haste makes waste.

那就是欲速则不达。

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The hotels use energy-saving lights and appliances, buy local wine and produce for their restaurants, compost organic waste, donate old linens and towels to charities, and use an energy-efficient, "green" local laundry.

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Or, as an old Waste Management wag once complained to me: The most efficient operator in the business is a one-truck hauler where the owner drives the truck.

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The day began with Amla 15 runs short of his fourth Test century, and first on foreign soil, and the 24-year-old did not waste any time in reaching three figures with three consecutive boundaries through the off-side from the bowling of Sree Santh.

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Also, a police report of an 11-year-old girl found playing on waste ground was picked up by a health visitor whose records showed the girl's mother suffered from mental health problems.

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