17. POLLUTION 2/2 Flashcards by Jérémy Chéron | Brainscape

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les ordures, détritus, déchets

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waste, rubbish, garbage, trash

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toxic / organic waste

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les déchets toxiques / organiques

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Les déchets dangereux

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hazardous waste

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les ordures ménagères

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household refuse, household rubbish

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ramasser des déchets

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to collect waste

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une déchetterie

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a waste collection centre

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le ramassage des ordures

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waste collection

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un incinérateur

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an incinerator

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un éboueur

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a dustman, a garbage man

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les détritus

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litter

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éliminer les déchets

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to dispose of waste

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jetable

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disposable

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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une poubelle

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a dustbin, a bin, a garbage, a can

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry, a garbage truck

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une décharge, un dépotoir

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a rubbish dump, a garbage dump

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une décharge sauvage

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an illicit rubbish dump

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déposer, jeter des ordures

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to dump rubbish

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un site d’enfouissement des ordures

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a landfill

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enterrer, enfouir

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to bury

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brûler

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to burn

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détruire

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to destroy

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fondre

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to melt

Q

les déchets nucléaires

A

nuclear waste

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la radioactivité

A

radioactivity

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic

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éliminer les déchets nucléaires

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to dispose of nuclear waste

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l’élimination des déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste disposal

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un conteneur

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a container

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stocker

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to store

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le stockage

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storage

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des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

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hermetically sealed containers

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une fuite

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a leak

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le stockage des déchets nucléaires

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the storage of nuclear waste

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le recyclage

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recycling

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recycler le plastique

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to recycle plastic

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recyclable

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recyclable

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une usine de recyclage

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a recycling plant

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les couts de recyclages

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recycling costs

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traiter, transformer des déchets

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to process waste

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trier

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to sort

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le tri selectif

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sorting, waste separation

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un conteneur de verre

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a bottle bank

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des chiffons

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rags

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le carton

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cardboard

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la feraille

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scrap metal

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les emballages

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packaging

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une boite de bière

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a can of beer, a beer can