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33- Pollution Waste And Recycling Flashcards

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polluer

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to pollute

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la pollution de l'eau
// sonore
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water pollution
// pollution
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  • un pollueur
  • un polluant / une substance polluante
  • polluant
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  • a polluter
  • a pollutant
  • polluting
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être peu/ très polluant

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to pollute little/ a lot

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produits non polluant

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non-polluting /eco-friendly

product

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diminuer la pollution

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to reduce/ curb pollution

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  • gaspiller

- le gaspillage / les déchets

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  • to waste

- wastage

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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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les fumées d’usine

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factory smoke

factory fumes

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les gaz d’échappements

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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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un pot catalytique

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a catalytic converter

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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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asthma

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l’asthme

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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

- contaminer les rivier

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  • to contaminate

- to poison rivers

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un polluant/une substance toxique

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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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la dioxine

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dioxin

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nocif
harmful
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les égouts | un égout
- the sewage system | - a sewer
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les eaux usées (2)
-sewage/ waste water
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une station d'épuration des eaux (3)
a sewage works a sewage plant (US) a sewage farm (GB)
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- l'amiante | - désamianter un bâtiment
- asbestos | - to remove asbestos from a building
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le saturnisme
lead poisoning
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les PBC | les gaz CFC
PCB's | CFC's
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les pluies acides
acid rains
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- une marée noire | - un déversement accidentel de pétrole
- an oil slick | - an oil spill
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des oiseaux mazoutés
oil-covered birds
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dégazer (2)
to empty one's tanks | to flush out one's tanks
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le dégazage (2)
oil tankers emptying their tanks | discharging waste oil
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les détritus
litter
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- éliminer des déchets | - les déchets dangereux
- to dispose waste | - hazardous waste
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les ordures ménagères (2)
household refuse | household rubbish
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jetable
disposable
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biodegradable
biodegradable
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- ramasser des déchets | - le ramassage des ordure
- to collect waste | - waste collection
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une déchetterie
a waste collection centre
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un éboueur (2)
``` a dustman (GB) a garbage man (US) ```
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- une boîte à ordures / une poubelle (3) | - une poubelle (à roulettes)
- a dustbin / bin / garbage can | - a wheelie bin
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un camion poubelle (3)
a bin lorry a dust cart a garbage truck
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un sac poubelle
a bin liner
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-déposer/ jeter des ordures
-to dump rubbish
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-une décharge /un dépotoir (4)
a rubbish dump a garbage dump a rubbish tip a dumping ground
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jeter
to throw away
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une décharge sauvage
an illicit rubbish dump
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enterrer/ enfouir
to bury
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un site d'enfouissement des ordures
a landfill
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un incinérateur
an incinerator
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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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cancérigène
carcinogenic
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- éliminer les déchets nucléaires | - l'elimination des déchets nucléaires
- to dispose of nuclear waste | - nuclear waste disposal
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des conteneur hermétiquement fermés
hermetically sealed containers
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le stockage des déchets radioactifs
the storage of nuclear waste
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le principe de précaution (2)
the précautionary principle | the safety-first principle
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traiter | transformer des déchets
to process waste
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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
scarp metal
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les emballages
packaging
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une boîte de bière (2)
a can of beer | a beer can
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un surplus/excès
a glut
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le recyclage
recycling
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recycler le plastique
a 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

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