Pollution - waste and recycling Flashcards

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to pollute // water pollution // noise pollution

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polluer // pollution de l’eau // pollution sonore

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a polluter // a pollutant // adj : polluting

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un pollueur // un polluant, substance polluante // adj : polluant

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a contaminant

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une substance polluante / un polluant

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non-polluting, eco-friendly products

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des produits non polluant

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to reduce, curb pollution

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diminuer la pollution

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to waste // wastage

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gaspillage // le gaspillage ou les déchets

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air pollution // smog // to monitor air

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pollution de l’air // le smog // surveiller la qualité de l’air

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a pollution peak

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un pic de pollution

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factory smoke, factory fumes

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les fumées d’usines

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car exhaust, exhaust fumes

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le gaz d’échappement

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unleaded; lead-free petrol

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essence sans plomb

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a catalytic converter

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un pot catalytique

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to have difficulty breathing

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avoir du mal à respirer

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asthma

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asthme

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nitrates/ fertilizers // groundwater

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les nitrates // les engrais // la nappe phréatique

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to poison rivers // to contaminate

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contaminer les rivières // contaminer

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a toxic chemical

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un substance chimique toxique

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dioxin

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la dioxine

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harmful // harmless

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nocif // inoffencif

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the sewage system / a sewer

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les égouts, un égout

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sewage / waste water

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les eaux usées

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

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une station d’épuration des eaux

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asbetos / to remove asbetos from a bulding

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l’amiante / désamianter un bâtiment

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lead poisoning

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la saturnisme

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PCBs / CFCs

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les gaz PCB / les gaz CFC

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the ozone layer

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la couche d’ozone

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an oil slick // an oil spill

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une marée noire // un déversement accidentel de pétrole

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oil-covered birds

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des oiseaux mazoutés

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

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dégazer

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oil tankers emptying their tanks; discharging oil waste

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le dégazage

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waste; rubbish (GB); garbage (US) / litter

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les ordures, détritus, déchets / les détritus

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to dispose of waste // disposable

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éliminer les déchets // jetable

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to collect waste // waste collection

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ramasser les déchets // le ramassage des ordures

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hazardous waste

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les déchets dangereux

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household refuse ; household rubbish

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les ordures ménagères

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biodegradable

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biodégradable

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a waste collection centre (GB) / center (US)

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une déchetterie

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a dustman (GB) , a garbage man (US)

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un éboueur

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a dustbin; a bin (GB) ; a garbage can (US)

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boîte à ordures, poubelle

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a wheelie bin

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poubelle à roulette

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a bin lorry, a dust car (GB) a garbage truck

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un camion de poubelle

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a bin liner

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un sac poubelle

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to dumb rubbish / to throw away

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déposer / jeter les orodure

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(an illicit) rubbish dump / garbage dump / a dumping ground

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une décharge (sauvage) / un dépotoire

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a landfill // to bury

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un site d’enfouissement des ordures // enterrer , enfouir

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an incinerator

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incinérateur

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a leak

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une fuite

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nuclear waste // radioactive fallout

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les déchets nucléaires // les retombés radioactives

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carcinogenic

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cancérigène

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nuclear waste disposal

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l’élimination des déchets nucléaires

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a container

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un conteneur

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hermetically sealed containers

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des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

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the storage of nuclear waste

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le stockage des déchets nucléaires

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the precautionary principle / the safety-first principle

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le principe de précaution

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to process waste

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traiter, transformer les déchets

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to sort; sorting, waste separation

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trier, le tri sélectif

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a bottle tank

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un conteneur de verre

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rags

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des chiffons

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cardboard

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le carton

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scrap metal

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la feraille

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packaging

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les emballages

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a can of beer; a beer can

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une boîte de bière

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a glut , excess

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un surplus, un excès

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recycling, recyclage // to recycle plastic

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le recyclage // recycler le plastique

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a recycling plant

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une usine de décharge

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a recycling costs

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les coûts de recyclage