Environmental vocabulary

Many factories_____ harmful pollutants into the atmosphere.

• minimise

• donate

• emit

You can _____ plastic bags again and again until they get holes in them.

• reuse

• resume

• reduce

Americans _____ many products that are sold with excess packaging.

• consume

• protect

• pollute

Burning fossil fuels can cause _____ to fall from the clouds.

• smog

• carbon footprints

• acid rain

You can _____ organic household waste by having a compost bin in the garden.

• protect

• recycle

• fertilise

Instead of throwing away old clothes, _____ them to organisations that help poor people.

• consume

• donate

• emit

The company is _____ an ancient forest in order to sell the wood.

• clear-cutting

• reducing

• recycling

Environmentalists understand the importance of _____ forests and wetlands.

• minimising

• banning

• preserving

Regulations only stop factories from _____ the environment if they are enforced.

• protecting

• consuming

• polluting

If you are working for a reforestation project, you are probably _____ trees.

• planting

• clearcutting

• poisoning