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33- Pollution Waste And Recycling Flashcards

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1
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polluer

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to pollute

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la pollution de l'eau
// sonore
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water pollution
// pollution
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  • un pollueur
  • un polluant / une substance polluante
  • polluant
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  • a polluter
  • a pollutant
  • polluting
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être peu/ très polluant

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to pollute little/ a lot

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produits non polluant

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non-polluting /eco-friendly

product

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diminuer la pollution

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to reduce/ curb pollution

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  • gaspiller

- le gaspillage / les déchets

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  • to waste

- wastage

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la pollution de l’air

la pollution atmosphérique

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air pollution

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le smog

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smog

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un pic de pollution

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a pollution peak

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les fumées d’usine

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factory smoke

factory fumes

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les gaz d’échappements

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car exhausts

exhaust fumes

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l’essence sans plomb

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unleaded/ lead-free

petrol

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un pot catalytique

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a catalytic converter

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surveiller la qualité de l’air

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to monitor air quality

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avoir du mal à respirer

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to have difficulty breathing

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asthma

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l’asthme

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18
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les nitrates

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nitrates

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les engrais

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fertilizers

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20
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la nappe phréatique

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groundwater

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  • contaminer

- contaminer les rivier

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  • to contaminate

- to poison rivers

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un polluant/une substance toxique

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a contaminant

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une substance chimique toxique

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a toxic chemical

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la dioxine

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dioxin

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nocif

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harmful

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les égouts

un égout

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  • the sewage system

- a sewer

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les eaux usées (2)

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-sewage/ waste water

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une station d’épuration des eaux (3)

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a sewage works
a sewage plant (US)
a sewage farm (GB)

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  • l’amiante

- désamianter un bâtiment

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  • asbestos

- to remove asbestos from a building

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le saturnisme

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lead poisoning

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les PBC

les gaz CFC

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PCB’s

CFC’s

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les pluies acides

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acid rains

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  • une marée noire

- un déversement accidentel de pétrole

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  • an oil slick

- an oil spill

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des oiseaux mazoutés

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oil-covered birds

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dégazer (2)

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to empty one’s tanks

to flush out one’s tanks

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le dégazage (2)

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oil tankers emptying their tanks

discharging waste oil

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les détritus

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litter

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  • éliminer des déchets

- les déchets dangereux

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  • to dispose waste

- hazardous waste

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les ordures ménagères (2)

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household refuse

household rubbish

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jetable

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disposable

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biodegradable

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biodegradable

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  • ramasser des déchets

- le ramassage des ordure

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  • to collect waste

- waste collection

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une déchetterie

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a waste collection centre

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un éboueur (2)

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a dustman (GB)
 a garbage man (US)
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  • une boîte à ordures / une poubelle (3)

- une poubelle (à roulettes)

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  • a dustbin / bin / garbage can

- a wheelie bin

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un camion poubelle (3)

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a bin lorry
a dust cart
a garbage truck

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un sac poubelle

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a bin liner

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-déposer/ jeter des ordures

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-to dump rubbish

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-une décharge /un dépotoir (4)

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a rubbish dump
a garbage dump
a rubbish tip
a dumping ground

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jeter

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to throw away

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une décharge sauvage

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an illicit rubbish dump

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enterrer/ enfouir

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to bury

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un site d’enfouissement des ordures

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a landfill

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un incinérateur

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an incinerator

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une fuite

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a leak

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les déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste

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retombées radioactives

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radioactive fallout

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic

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  • éliminer les déchets nucléaires

- l’elimination des déchets nucléaires

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  • to dispose of nuclear waste

- nuclear waste disposal

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des conteneur hermétiquement fermés

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hermetically sealed containers

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le stockage des déchets radioactifs

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the storage of nuclear waste

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le principe de précaution (2)

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the précautionary principle

the safety-first principle

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traiter

transformer des déchets

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to process waste

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le tri sélectif

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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 ferraille

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scarp metal

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les emballages

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packaging

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une boîte de bière (2)

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a can of beer

a beer can

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un surplus/excès

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a glut

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le recyclage

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recycling

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recycler le plastique

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a 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 coûts de recyclage

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recycling costs

Anglais ECE1 (11 decks)

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