French restaurants fighting climate change: Lingohack

Some restaurants and hotels in France are taking part in a scheme to turn waste food into compost and avoid it being dumped in landfill. It's their way to fight climate change. Watch the video and learn new vocabulary.

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French restaurants fighting climate change

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Need-to-know language

waste food – food that's not eaten
compost – decayed material which is turned into fertiliser for plants
organic – coming from living matter
landfill – area used to dispose of waste
greenhouse gas – gas that contributes to the trapping of energy from the Sun in the Earth's atmosphere

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What makes landfill bad for the environment?

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