Pollution Flashcards

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Les déchets et le recyclage

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Waste and recycling

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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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Un polluant

Une substance polluante

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A pollutant

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Polluant

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Polluting

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Etre peu polluant

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To pollute little

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Très polluant

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To pollute a lot

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Produits non polluants

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Non-polluting products

Eco-friendly products

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Diminuer la pollution

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To reduce pollution

To curb pollution

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12
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Gaspiller

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To waste

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13
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Le gaspillage

Les déchets

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Wastage

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The “polluter pays principle”

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Adopted at the Earth summit in 1992

= the polluter should bear the cost of pollution

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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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18
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Les fumées d’usine

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Factory smoke

Factory fumes

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Les gaz d’échappement

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Car exhausts

Exhausts fumes

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20
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L’essence sans plomb

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Unleaded petrol

Lead-free petrol

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21
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Un pot catalytique

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A catalytic converter

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22
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Surveiller la qualité de l’air

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To monitor air quality

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23
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Avoir du mal à respirer

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To have difficulty breathing

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24
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L’asthme

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Asthma

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Loi sur la pureté de l'air
Clean Air Act
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When was the first Clean Air Act passed?
1956 | In respond to the Great Smog of December 1952
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What was the Great Smog of December 1952?
Period of 5 days A mixture of fog, chimney smoke and other pollutants formed a thick blanket over London Thousands premature deaths
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Centrales thermiques
Power stations
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What stipulated the Clean Air Act?
Power stations had to be relocated in rural areas
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Promulguer
To enact
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Les nitrates
Nitrates
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Les engrais
Fertilizers
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La nappe phréatique
Groundwater
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Contaminer les rivières
To poison rivers
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Contaminer
To contaminate
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Un polluant | Une substance polluante
A contaminant
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Une substance chimique toxique
A toxic chemical
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La dioxine
Dioxin
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Nocif
Harmful
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Les égouts
The sewage system
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Un égout
A sewer
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Les eaux usées
Sewage | Waste water
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Une station d'épuration des eaux
A sewage works A sewage plant A sewage farm
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L'amiante
Asbestos
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Désaimanter un bâtiment
To remove asbestos from a building
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Le saturnisme
Lead poisoning
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Les PCB
PCBs
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Les gaz CFC
CFCs
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La couche d'ozone
Tho ozone layer
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Les pluies acides
Acid rains
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Porte-avions
Aircraft carrier
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Démantèlement
Dismantling
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Une marée noire
An oil slick
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Un déversement accidentel de pétrole
An oil spill
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Des oiseaux mazoutés
Oil-covered birds
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Dégazer
To empty one's tanks | To flush one's tanks
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Le dégazage
Oil tankers emptying their tanks | Oil tankers discharging waste oil
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Exploitations minières
Industrial mining
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Nappe phréatique
Groundwater
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Les ordures Les détritus Les déchets
Waste Rubbish Garbage
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Les déchets toxiques
Toxic waste
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Les déchets organiques
Organic waste
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Les détritus
Litter
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Éliminer des déchets
To dispose of waste
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Les déchets dangereux
Hazardous waste
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Les ordures ménagères
Household refuse | Household rubbish
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Jetable
Disposable
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Biodégradable
Biodegradable
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Ramasser des déchets
To collect waste
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Le ramassage des ordures
Waste collection
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Une déchetterie
A waste collection centre
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Un éboueur
A dustman | A garbage man
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Une boite à ordures | Une poubelle
A dustbin A bin A garbage can
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Une poubelle (à roulettes)
A wheelie bin
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Un camion poubelle
A bin lorry A dust cart A garbage truck
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Un sac poubelle
A bin liner
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Se débarrasser de
To discard
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Déposer des ordures | Jeter des ordures
To dump rubbish
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Jeter
To throw away
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Une décharge | Un dépotoir
A rubbish dump A garbage dump A rubbish tip A dumping ground
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Une décharge sauvage
An illicit rubbish dump
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Enterrer | Enfouir
Tu bury
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Un site d'enfouissement des ordures
A landfill
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Brûler
To burn
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Détruire
To destroy
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Un incinérateur
An incinerator
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Fondre
To melt
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Une fuite
A leak
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Les déchets nucléaires
Nuclear waste
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Retombées radioactives
Radioactive fallout
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La radioactivité
Radioactivity
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Cancérigène
Carcinogenic
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Éliminer les déchets nucléaires
To dispose of nuclear waste
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L'élimination des déchets nucléaires
Nuclear waste disposal
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Un conteneur
A container
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Des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés
Hermetically sealed containers
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Une fuite
A leak
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Le stockage des déchets radioactifs
The storage of nuclear waste
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Le principe de précaution
The precautionary principle | The safety-first principal
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Un dysfonctionnement
A malfunction
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Fusion
Meltdown
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Le cœur du réacteur
The reactor core
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Leucémie
Leukemia
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Traiter des déchets | Transformer des déchets
To process waste
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Trier
To sort
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Le tri sélectif
Sorting | Waste separation
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Un conteneur de verre
A bottle bank
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Des chiffons
Rags
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Le carton
Cardboard
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La ferraille
Scrap metal
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Les emballages
Packaging
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Une boite de bière
A can of beer | A beer can
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Un surplus | Un excès
A glut
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Le recyclage
Recycling
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Recycler le plastique
To recycle plastic
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Recyclable
Recyclable
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Une usine de recyclage
A recycling plant
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Les coûts de recyclage
Recycling costs