Environment Vocabulary
Rubbish: trash, garbage, waste material.
Sentence- Nowadays the main component of rubbish is plastic.
Littering: to drop trash on the ground rather than put it in the trash bin.
Sentence- Person found littering should be punished.
Unsorted: not categorized or sorted.
Sentence- Despite the guidelines from municipal committee the residents don’t sort the wet and dry garbage and this unsorted garbage becomes a problem.
Diminish: to go down; to lessen.
Sentence- The pollution level has diminished in the countries that have imposed heavy penalties to the person who pollute the environment.
To throw something out- to get rid of something.
Sentence- People usually throw out the things on streets which are not in use.
Waste treatment-the treatment of materials that are no longer used.
Sentence- It should be mandatory for the industries to install Waste treatment plant.
Impact: an effect or influence of something on something else.
Sentences- Increasing pollution have a negative impact on environment.
Freshen: to make something newer, cleaner, cooler and more pleasant.
Sentence-The rain freshened the air.
Sparkle: to shine brightly with flashes of light.
Sentence- The sky sparkled with brilliant stars after the rain.
Drizzle: light rain and falling steadily in fine drops.
Sentence- In a fraction of second light drizzling converted in heavy rain.
Few suspected questions in which you can use the vocabulary related to environment
Q1. How do you feel when you see litter in the streets?
Ans. I feel very odd and unhappy because it means that some people are irresponsible, they throw the rubbish everywhere and it makes the environment dirty. It makes me feel angry and a little bit disappointed because it looks like they are uneducated and they don’t care about it.
Q2. Do you always try to recycle paper and plastic?
Ans. Yes, I always try to contribute in recycling things and also motivate others to do so. Recycling is a bit complicated process but we can contribute in it but not leaving the trash unsorted and and we should put recyclable and non recyclable things in different bins.
Q3. Why do people litter in public places?
Ans. Littering is a common habit of the residents in my country. I think the main reason behind this is unawareness, as people don’t know how throwing something out on public places can impact the environment.
Q4. How the rubbish is impacting the environment?
Ans. Nowadays the main component of the trash is plastic. Plastic is made up of crude oil which is very harmful for the environment. Moreover, it is not biodegradable and can last for man hundred years on earth. Besides, whenever it drizzles these bags block the sanitation system resulting in floods. Even it has an adverse affect on ozone layer.
Q5. What measures can be taken to resolve this problem?
Ans. There are myriad of solutions to diminish this problem. The first one is to establish recycle and waste treatment plants where all these rubbish can be treated to freshen them therefore, new products can be manufactured.
Q6. What type of environment do you want to live in?
Ans. I want an environment where every natural thing sparkles like in the night the sky should sparkle with brilliant stars. Everything should be pollution free and I can inhale the fresh air. There should be no litter and garbage anywhere and everything should be neat and clean.
These are question where the vocabulary relating to the environment can be used. Hope this will be beneficial for you. Please give your views and suggestions in the comment section.
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