Vocabulary - recycling and reducing waste
The environment is a topic that involves a lot of specialist vocabulary.
Here are some words which will be useful to talk about recycling and reusing items or reducing waste:
| el agua (fem.) | water |
| la basura | rubbish, garbage |
| la bolsa (de plástico) reusable/reutilizable | reusable (plastic) bag |
| la botella | bottle |
| el combustible | fuel |
| los desechos | rubbish, waste |
| la energía | energy |
| la pila | battery |
| el plástico | plastic |
| los productos químicos | chemicals |
| los recursos | resources |
| el agua (fem.) |
| water |
| la basura |
| rubbish, garbage |
| la bolsa (de plástico) reusable/reutilizable |
| reusable (plastic) bag |
| la botella |
| bottle |
| el combustible |
| fuel |
| los desechos |
| rubbish, waste |
| la energía |
| energy |
| la pila |
| battery |
| el plástico |
| plastic |
| los productos químicos |
| chemicals |
| los recursos |
| resources |
And here are some useful verbs:
| ahorrar | to save |
| apagar | to switch off |
| cerrar (los grifos) | to turn off (the taps) |
| evitar | to avoid |
| malgastar | to waste |
| recargar | to recharge |
| reciclar | to recycle |
| recoger | to collect / pick up |
| reducir | to reduce |
| reusar/reutilizar | to reuse |
| tirar | to throw away |
| usar/utilizar | to use |
| ahorrar |
| to save |
| apagar |
| to switch off |
| cerrar (los grifos) |
| to turn off (the taps) |
| evitar |
| to avoid |
| malgastar |
| to waste |
| recargar |
| to recharge |
| reciclar |
| to recycle |
| recoger |
| to collect / pick up |
| reducir |
| to reduce |
| reusar/reutilizar |
| to reuse |
| tirar |
| to throw away |
| usar/utilizar |
| to use |
Question
Rearrange these words into sentences and translate them into English.
- de botellas Siempre de trato las vidrio reciclar
- muy Es malgastar agua no el importante
- madre plástico las siempre bolsas reutiliza Mi de
- Para es luces energía apagar las ahorrar necesario
- evita de padre químicos recargables Mi productos y pilas el utiliza uso
- Siempre trato de reciclar las botellas de vidrio. (I always try to recycle glass bottles.)
- Es muy importante no malgastar el agua. (It is very important not to waste water.)
- Mi madre siempre reutiliza las bolsas de plástico. (My mum always reuses plastic bags.)
- Para ahorrar energía es necesario apagar las luces. (To save energy, it is necessary to switch off the lights.)
- Mi padre evita el uso de productos químicos y utiliza pilas recargables. (My dad avoids the use of chemicals and uses rechargeable batteries.)
