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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

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water pollution

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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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une substance polluante

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a pollutant

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polluant

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polluting

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être peu polluant

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to pollute little

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produits non polluants

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non-polluting products

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diminuer la pollution

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to curb pollution

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gaspiller

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to waste

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le gaspillage

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wastage

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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

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les gaz d’échappement

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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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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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l’asthme

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asthma

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clean air act

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  • passed in Britain in response to the great smog
  • stipulates that power stations had to be relocated to rural areas
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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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la nappe phréatique

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groundwater

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contaminer les rivières

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to poison rivers

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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un polluant

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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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nocif

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harmful

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les égouts

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the sewage system

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un égout

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a sewer

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les eaux usées

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sewage
waster water

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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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l’amiante

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asbestos

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désaimanter un bâtiment

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to remove asbestos from a building

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34
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le saturnisme

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lead poisoning

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les pluies acides

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acid rains

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une marée noire

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an oil slick

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un déversement accidentel de pétrole

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an oil spill

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des oiseaux mazoutés

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oil-covered birds

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dégazer

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

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le dégazage

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oil tankers emptying their tanks
discharging waste oil

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The Blacksmith Institute

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  • New York based NGO whose purpose is to support environmental projects in conjunction with donors and governments
  • it identifies locations in the developing world where human health is most affected by pollution and it designs remediation strategies
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les ordures

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waste
rubbish
garbage

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les déchets toxiques/organiques

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toxic/organic waste

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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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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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jetable

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disposable

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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ramasser les déchets

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to collect waste

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le ramassage des ordures

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waste collection

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une déchetterie

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a waste collection centre

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un éboueur

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a dustman
a garbage man

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une boîte à ordures

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a dustbin
a bin
a garbage can

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une poubelle

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a wheelie bin

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry
a dust car
a garbage truck

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un sac poubelle

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a bin liner

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se débarasser de

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to discard

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Jonathan Chapman tried to promote what he calls “emotionally durable” design

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way of reducing the generation of toxic waste

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déposer
jeter des ordures

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to dump rubbish

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jeter

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to throw away

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une décharge
un dépotoir

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

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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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brûler

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to burn

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détruire

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to destroy

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un incinérateur

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an incinerator

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fondre

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to melt

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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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la radioactivité

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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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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 radioactifs

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the storage of nuclear waste

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le principe de précaution

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the precautionary principle
the safety-first principle

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three mile island

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  • a malfunction in the cooling system of a reactor caused a partial meltdown of the reactor core
  • this led to the release of a significant amount of radioactivity
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traiter / transformer les 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 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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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

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un surplus
un 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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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 coûts de recyclage

A

recycling costs

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