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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
to compost ~ |
to turn old food and material into dirt |
I like to compost my food scraps to make more dirt for my
garden. |
| 2 |
a tip |
a place that garbage is dumped |
There was a tip near my house, and I could always smell the
garbage. |
| 3 |
to be recyclable |
of a product, able to be turned into another product at the end
of its life |
Steel cans and plastic bottles are recyclable. |
| 4 |
to reuse ~ |
to use something that was supposed to be disposable two or more
times |
I like to reuse plastic bags; you can use them many times
before they break. |
| 5 |
to reduce ~ |
to decrease the amount of something |
I reduced the amount of garbage I produced by recycling all of
my bottles and cans. |
| 6 |
to incinerate ~ |
to burn something at a high temperature |
Lacking space in a dump or landfill, the city decided to
incinerate its waste. |
| 7 |
an incinerator |
a special building or chamber used for burning things at high
temperature |
Modern incinerators produce nothing but heat and fine ash; no
smoke or toxic fumes. |
| 8 |
to be burnable |
of a thing, to be able to catch on fire |
Paper is burnable, but cans are not. |
| 9 |
to be green |
of a product, to have been produced without harming the
environment |
It was green lumber, harvested from sustainable forests. |
| 10 |
to dispose of ~ |
to throw something away |
It is hard to dispose of large appliances in a big city. |
| 11 |
sustainability |
the state of being able to continue indefinitely without
decline |
Converting public buses to run on solar power is a way a city
can move toward sustainability. |
| 12 |
a greenhouse |
a special glass or plastic house which traps heat and enables
plants to grow |
Tomatoes can be grown in a greenhouse even in winter. |
| 13 |
to be organic |
of a crop, to be grown without using poisons to kill bugs or
weeds |
Organic tomatoes are expensive, but they are much healthier
than other tomatoes. |
| 14 |
to be remade into ~ |
of a product, to be destroyed and re-created as something
else |
The old plastic bottles were melted down and remade into
plastic rope. |
| 15 |
a trash compactor |
a device that presses down trash and makes it smaller |
The trash compactor did a great job smashing the trash. |
| 16 |
a waste receptacle |
the general word for any kind of garbage or trash can |
There were many waste receptacles on the beach. |
| 17 |
a garbage disposal |
a device that uses a spinning blade to chop up food scraps |
I put the old potatoes in the garbage disposal. |
| 18 |
to be incombustible |
to be unable to catch on fire |
Glass is incombustible, but paper can burn easily. |
| 19 |
to be combustible |
to be able to catch on fire |
Paper is very combustible so it is easy to dispose of. |
| 20 |
to be biodegradable |
to be able to disappear naturally over the course of months or
years |
Paper plates are biodegradable; eventually, they will turn into
dirt. |
| 21 |
to break down |
to fall apart into smaller and smaller pieces |
It took thousands of years for the plastic bottle to break
down. |