| A | B |
|---|
| environment | the natural and artificial things that make up the Earth; a place where people and animals live |
| pollutes | to make dirty by trashing it with leaking chemicals, etc. |
| trash | things that are no longer needed or used |
| used-up | nothing is left; empty |
| incinerator | a furnace for burning garbage; a machine that burns trash |
| landfill | a garbage disposal site where garbage is spread out in layers, compacted, and covered with dirt; a place where trash is buried (covered up with dirt); dump |
| chemicals | things that can cause pollution |
| lead | Pb; a type of element |
| mercury | Hg; a type of element |
| prevent | stop |
| toxic wastes | any waste that can cause serious disease and poison the environment; chemicals that are left over |
| radioactive | having the property of giving off harmful atomic particles; nuclear waste |
| dispose | get rid of; throw away |
| aluminum | Al; type of element |
| recycled | cleaned, melted down or shredded material so that it can be made into the same material again; to reuse or make it reuseable |
| material | stuff; things; items |
| composting | recycling food scraps and yard wastes by mixing them with layers of soil; recycling food scraps and yard waste |
| decompose | to break down chemically; to break down or rot |
| bin | box; container used to hold items |
| improve | to make it better |
| risks | potential dangers |
