Clothing and shoe repairs, which are also included, are rarely considered a waste, but they account for a relatively modest portion of this category.

也包括衣服和鞋的维修，这很少被认为是浪费，但是他们占了这一类相当的比例。

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The pellets account for less than 10 percent of the plastic out there, but thefinding suggests efforts to reduce plastic waste on land can be effective.

塑料颗粒在海洋塑料垃圾中的比例不到10%，但研究发现显示，在陆地上进行的减少塑料垃圾举措能够对海洋产生积极影响。

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Waste gases from automobiles account for the ever increasing problems of pollution in many big cities.

许多大城市汽车多，排放大量废气，污染问题日益严重。

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Pumps, purifiers and waste-management systems now account for 38% of total revenue and 45% of operating margin.

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For even as we rein in waste and ask that Congress account for every dollar it spends, this alone will not make up for the years in which those in Washington refused to make hard choices and live within their means.

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"The entire flexible-spending account thing is a waste of our taxpayer dollars, " says Jonathan Gruber, an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former paid consultant on the health law to the Department of Health and Human Services.

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