Recycling, separating wastes, caring about environmental health: all these concepts are becoming common practices in our everyday life. As in any other European country, in Italy steps and measures are taken to tackle the problem of pollution, waste stocking and protecting the environment. Here you have a list of words related to sorting wastes, recycling and environment that may turn useful in your future travels to Italy.
i rifiuti = l’immondizia [waste]
la raccolta differenziata [waste separation]
il vetro [glass]
la carta [paper]
la plastica [plastic]
la lattina [can]
il rifiuto umido – l’organico [wet waste]
il cestino [litter bin]
il bidone [garbage can]
il cassonetto [trashcan]
la discarica [waste dump]
la sporcizia [dirtiness]
la cicca = il mozzicone [stub]
il suolo [ground]
l’aria [air]
l’ecologia [ecology]
l’inquinamento [pollution]
l’ambiente [envirnoment]
il buco nell’ozono [ozone hole]
la siccità [drought]
la deforestazione [deforestation]
effetto serra [greenhouse effect]
rispettare [to respect]
riciclare [to recycle]
inquinare [to pollute]
separare i rifiuti [to sort / to separate wastes]
buttare [to throw out]
gettare [to throw]
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