17. POLLUTION 2/2 Flashcards by Jérémy Chéron

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les ordures, détritus, déchets

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waste, rubbish, garbage, trash

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toxic / organic waste

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les déchets toxiques / organiques

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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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ramasser des déchets

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to collect waste

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une déchetterie

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a waste collection centre

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le ramassage des ordures

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waste collection

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un incinérateur

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an incinerator

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un éboueur

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a dustman, a garbage man

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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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jetable

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disposable

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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une poubelle

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a dustbin, a bin, a garbage, a can

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un camion poubelle

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a bin lorry, a garbage truck

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une décharge, un dépotoir

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a rubbish dump, a garbage dump

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une décharge sauvage

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an illicit rubbish dump

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déposer, jeter des ordures

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to dump rubbish

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un site d’enfouissement des ordures

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a landfill

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enterrer, enfouir

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to bury

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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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fondre

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to melt

Q

les déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste

la radioactivité

radioactivity

cancérigène

carcinogenic

éliminer les déchets nucléaires

to dispose of nuclear waste

l'élimination des déchets nucléaires

nuclear waste disposal

un conteneur

a container

stocker

to store

le stockage

storage

des conteneurs hermétiquement fermés

hermetically sealed containers

une fuite

a leak

le stockage des déchets nucléaires

the storage of nuclear waste

le recyclage

recycling

recycler le plastique

to recycle plastic

recyclable

recyclable

une usine de recyclage

a recycling plant

les couts de recyclages

recycling costs

traiter, transformer des déchets

to process waste

trier

to sort

le tri selectif

sorting, waste separation

un conteneur de verre

a bottle bank

des chiffons

rags

le carton

cardboard

la feraille

scrap metal

les emballages

packaging

une boite de bière

a can of beer, a beer can