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polluer

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to pollute

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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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être peu / très polluant

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to pollute little / a lot

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produits non polluants

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non polluting / eco friendly products

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diminuer la pollution

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to reduce / to curb pollution

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gaspiller

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to waste

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le gaspillage ou les déchets

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wastage

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la pollution l’air, la pollution amtmosphérique

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air pollution

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le smog

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smog

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un pur de pollution

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a pollution peak

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les fumées d’usines

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factory smoke

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gaz d’échappement

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car exhausts

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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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l’asthme

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asthma

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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 les rivières

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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
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l'amiante
asbestos
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désaimanter un batiment
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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le gaz CFC
CFCs
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la couche d'ozone
the ozone layer
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les pluies acides
acid rains
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une marée noire
an oil slicj
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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
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le dagazage
oil tanker emptying their tanks
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les ordures
waste / rubbish / garbage
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les déchets toxiques organiques
toxic / organic waste
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les détritus
litter
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éliminer les déchets
to dispose of waste
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les déchets dangereux
hazardous waste
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les ordures ménagères
household refuse
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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
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une boite à ordures
a dustbin
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une poubelle
a wheelie bin
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un camion poubelle
a bin lorry
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un sac poubelle
a bin liner
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déposer jeter ses ordures
to dump rubbish
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jeter
to throw away
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une décharge
a rubbish dump
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une décharge sauvage
an alliait rubbish dump
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enterer / 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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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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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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le stockage des déchets radioactifs
the storage of nuclear waste
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le principe de précaution
the precautionary principle
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traiter / 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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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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