The environment in Spanish - EdexcelVocabulary - recycling and reducing waste

It is important to be able to understand written and spoken passages about environmental issues and to be able to talk and write about environmental problems and what you and others do to help, for example by recycling or volunteering.

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Vocabulary - recycling and reducing waste

The environment is a topic that involves a lot of specialist vocabulary.

Plastic bags, bottles, boxes and cans overflowing from bins and on floor.

Here are some words which will be useful to talk about recycling and reusing items or reducing waste.

el agua (f.)water
la basurarubbish/litter
la bolsa (de plástico)(plastic) bag
la botellabottle
el combustiblefuel
el contenedor de reciclajerecycling bin
los desechosrubbish/waste
la energíaenergy
la pilabattery
el plásticoplastic
los productos químicoschemicals
el reciclajerecycling
los recursosresources
el agua (f.)
water
la basura
rubbish/litter
la bolsa (de plástico)
(plastic) bag
la botella
bottle
el combustible
fuel
el contenedor de reciclaje
recycling bin
los desechos
rubbish/waste
la energía
energy
la pila
battery
el plástico
plastic
los productos químicos
chemicals
el reciclaje
recycling
los recursos
resources

And here are some useful verbs to talk about the subject.

ahorrarto save
apagarto switch off
cerrar (los grifos)to turn off (the taps)
evitarto avoid
malgastarto waste
protegerto protect
recargarto recharge
reciclarto recycle
recogerto collect/pick up
reducirto reduce
reusar/reutilizarto reuse
separarto sort/separate
tirarto throw away
usar/utilizarto use
ahorrar
to save
apagar
to switch off
cerrar (los grifos)
to turn off (the taps)
evitar
to avoid
malgastar
to waste
proteger
to protect
recargar
to recharge
reciclar
to recycle
recoger
to collect/pick up
reducir
to reduce
reusar/reutilizar
to reuse
separar
to sort/separate
tirar
to throw away
usar/utilizar
to use

Question

Rearrange these words into sentences and translate them into English.

  1. de botellas Siempre de trato las vidrio reciclar
  2. muy Es malgastar agua no el importante
  3. madre plástico las siempre bolsas reutiliza Mi de
  4. Para es luces energía apagar las ahorrar necesario
  5. evita de padre químicos recargables Mi productos y pilas el utiliza uso
  6. cierra ahorrar Mi para los padre siempre agua grifos

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