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Deck 34: Pollution Flashcards

1
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Polluer

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To pollute

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2
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La pollution de l’eau

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Water pollution

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3
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La pollution sonore

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Noise pollution

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Un pollueur

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A polluter

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5
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Un polluant, une substance polluante

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A pollutant

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6
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Polluant

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Polluting

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7
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Être peu / très polluant

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To pollute little / a lot

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8
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Produits non polluants

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Non-polluting, eco-friendly products

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9
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Diminuer la pollution

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To reduce / curb pollution

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10
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Gaspiller

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To waste

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11
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Le gaspillage OU les déchets

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Wastage

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12
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La pollution de l’air / la pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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13
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Le smog

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Smog

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14
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Un pic de pollution

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A pollution peak

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15
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Les fumées d’usines

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Factory smoke, factory fumes

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16
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Les gaz d’échappement

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Car exhausts, exhausts fumes

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17
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L’essence sans plomb

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Unleaded, lead-free petrol

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18
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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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19
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Surveiller la qualité de l’air

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To monitor air quality

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20
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Avoir du mal à respirer

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To have difficulty breathing

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21
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L’asthme

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Asthma

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22
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Les nitrates

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Nitrates

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23
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Les engrais

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Fertilizers

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24
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La nappe phréatique

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Groundwater

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25
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Contaminer les rivières

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To poison rivers

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26
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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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27
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Un polluant, une substance polluante

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A contaminant

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28
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Une substance chimique toxique

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A toxic chemical

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29
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La dioxine

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Dioxin

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30
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Nocif

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Harmful

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31
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Les égouts

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The sewage system

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32
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Un égout

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A sewer

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33
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Les eaux usées

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Sewage, waste water

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34
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Une station d’épuration des eaux

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A sewage works, a sewage plant, a sewage farm

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35
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L’amiante

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Asbestos

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36
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Désamianter un bâtiment

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To remove asbestos from a building

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37
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Le saturnisme

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Lead poisoning

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38
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Les PCB

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PCBs

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39
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Les gaz CFC

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CFCs

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40
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La couche d’ozone

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The ozone layer

41
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Les pluies acides

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Acid rains

42
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Une marée noire

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An oil slick

43
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Un déversement accidentel de pétrole

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An oil spill

44
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Les oiseaux mazoutés

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Oil-covered birds

45
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Dégazer

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To empty one’s tanks, to flush out one’s tanks

46
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Le dégazage

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Oil tankers emptying their tanks, discharging waste oil

47
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Les ordures, des détritus, des déchets

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Waste, rubbish, garbage

48
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Les déchets toxiques / organiques

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Toxic / organic waste

49
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Les détritus

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Litter

50
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Éliminer les déchets

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To dispose of waste

51
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Les déchets dangereux

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Hazardous waste

52
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Les ordures ménagères

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Household refuse, household rubbish

53
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Jetable

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Disposable

54
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Biodégradable

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Biodegradable

55
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Ramasser des déchets

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To collect waste

56
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Le ramassage des ordures

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Waste collection

57
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Une déchèterie

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A waste collection center

58
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Un éboueur

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A dustman, a garbage man

59
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Une boîte à ordures

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A dustbin, a bin, a garbage can

60
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Une poubelle à roulettes

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A wheelie bin

61
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Un camion poubelle

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A bin lorry, a dust cart, a garbage truck

62
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Un sac poubelle

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A bin liner

63
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Déposer, jeter des ordures

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To dump rubbish

64
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Jeter

A

To throw away

65
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Une décharge, un dépotoir

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A rubbish dump, a garbage dump, a rubbish tip, a dumping ground

66
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Une décharge sauvage

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An illicit rubbish dump

67
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Enterrer, enfouir

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To bury

68
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Un site d’enfouissement des ordures

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A landfill

69
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Brûler

A

To burn

70
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Détruire

A

To destroy

71
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Un incinérateur

A

An incinerator

72
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Fondre

A

To melt

73
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Une fuite

A

A leak

74
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Les déchets nucléaires

A

Nuclear waste

75
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Retombées radioactives

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Radioactive fallout

76
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La radioactivité

A

Radioactivity

77
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Cancérigène

A

Carcinogenic

78
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Éliminer les déchets nucléaires

A

To dispose of nuclear waste

79
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L’élimination des déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste disposal

80
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Un conteneur

A

A container

81
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Des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

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Hermetically sealed containers

82
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Le stockage des déchets radioactifs

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The storage of nuclear waste

83
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Le principe de précaution

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The precautionary principle, the safety-first principle

84
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Traiter, transformer des déchets

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To process waste

85
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Trier

A

To sort

86
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Le tri sélectif

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Sorting, waste separation

87
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Un conteneur de verre

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A bottle bank

88
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Des chiffons

A

Rags

89
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Le carton

A

Cardboard

90
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La ferraille

A

Scrap metal

91
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Les emballages

A

Packaging

92
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Une boîte de bière

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A can of beer, a beer can

93
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Un surplus, un excès

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A glut

94
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Le recyclage

A

Recycling

95
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Recycler le plastique

A

To recycle plastic

96
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Recyclable

A

Recyclable

97
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Une usine de recyclage

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A recycling plant

98
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Les coûts de recyclage

A

Recycling costs

99
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Incinérer

A

To incinerate

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