库存品已经变质，而且全都搞混了，因此经理决定快刀斩乱麻，把它们当作废品出售，然后重新储藏新的物资。 The old stock had deteriorated and was all mixed up so the manager decided to cut the Gordian knot, sell it all as scrap, and re-stock with new materials.
据说惊人的大量有毒物质正堆在英国最大的化学物品废品站里 ... 当地政府 ... 对 ... 堆在它门口的垃圾理所当然地感到忧虑。 A frightening brew of poisonous waste is said to be accumulating in Britain's biggest chemical dump ... The local authority ... is rightly worried about the ... tip on its doorstep.
那个废品商有个压碎汽车的机器。 The scrap merchant has a machine which crushes cars.