Course 7: Waste is food 5 Flashcards

(41 cards)

1
Q

être jeté

A

to be thrown away

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2
Q

incinérateur

A

Incinerator

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3
Q

pot de fleur

A

Flower pot

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4
Q

banc de parc

A

Park bench

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5
Q

travail du plastique

A

plastic work

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6
Q

ne pas recycler -> Appauvrir le matériau par des modifications en cycle

A

Downcycle, not recycle

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7
Q

une différence subtile

A

Subtle difference

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8
Q

refondre

A

Re-melt

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9
Q

laver

A

Wash off

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10
Q

la biosphère

A

Biosphere

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11
Q

imprimer avec de l’encre

A

Printed with ink

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12
Q

résistant à l’eau

A

Waterproof

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13
Q

fait de plastique

A

Made of plastic

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14
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livre “ Cradle to Cradle”

A

Book ‘Cradle to cradle’

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15
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la nourriture pour la technosphère

A

Food for the technosphere

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16
Q

décomposer

A

Decompose

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17
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Recycler en gardant le potentiel de qualité du produit

18
Q

la périphérie

19
Q

être pris sérieusement

A

to be taken seriously

20
Q

Un son d’utopie

A

A sound utopia

21
Q

gâcher qqchose avec d’autres produits chimiques

A

Mess it up with other chemicals

22
Q

sortir

23
Q

résidu de réaction catalitique

A

Residue from catalytic reaction

24
Q

Cancérogène = toute substance qui

produit le cancer

A

Carcinogen = any substance that produces cancer

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matériau sous-optimal
Suboptimal material
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métal lourd cancérigène
Carcinogenic heavy metal
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siège social de Nike
Headquarters of Nike
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Plus de déchets pour 2020
No more waste by 2020
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se fixer un objectif
Set oneself a goal
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les toxicités
Toxics
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la source des fournisseurs
``` Source vendors (vendor = a person who sells something) ```
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réclamer, ici: récupérer des substances utiles de déchets
Reclaim = here: to recover (useful substances) | from waste products
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le monde entier
World wide
34
récupérer le produit
Collect the product back
35
le démontage (démonter)
Disassembly (verb: to disassemble)
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la composition chimique du matériau
Chemical make-up of the material
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frotter le matériau
Rub off the material
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composés chimiques
Chemical compounds
39
user (chaussures)
Wear out (shoes)
40
prendre le message à coeur
Take the message to heart
41
Responsable de la conception de chaussures
Head of Shoe Design