disposable products – items that are intended to be thrown away after use, generally
after just one or a few uses.
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- When I was young, things were made to last a long time and be used over and over
again, but now we live in a world of disposable products and have a huge waste
problem.
dumping ground – a place where things that are not wanted are left
- If we continue treating our oceans as a dumping ground, it will eventually become
too polluted to sustain life.
acid rain – rain rainfall made so acidic by atmospheric pollution caused by burning
fossil fuels that it causes environmental harm, especially to forests and lakes.
- In Poland, large areas of forest have been destroyed by acid rain.
to contaminate – to make something poisonous as a result of adding waste or
chemicals.
- Pesticide and fertilisers used on the field can contaminate rivers and kill all the
fish.
degradation – the process in which the quality of something is damaged or
destroyed.
- Soil degradation due to over-farming means that many farmers have had to move
to the cities in search of work.
depletion – the reduction in the number or quality of something.
- Over-fishing has led to the depletion of the ocean’s fish stocks.
fumes – strong, unpleasant and sometimes dangerous gas or smoke.
- Car exhaust fumes are a major contributor to air pollution.
smog – a mixture of smoke, gases, and chemicals, especially in cities, that makes the
atmosphere difficult to breathe and harmful for health.
- Some days the smog is so bad that people are forced to stay indoors.
air quality – the extent to which the air is free of pollution.
- When the company was forced to install filters in their factories chimneys, the air
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