In March of this year, a gigantic barge carrying at least three thousand metric tons of waste left New York harbor in the hope of finding somebody else willing to dispose of it for a fee. Having made a tour of the East coast and met the refusals of several states, it returned home, tail between legs.
去年三月，美國一艘載了三千多公噸垃圾的巨艦，由紐約港出海，想把垃圾賣給別州或其他國家處理，結果歷經三個月、繞了美洲東海岸一周，被三國六州拒絕後，只好回到老家。