e	Welt	earth
r	Abfall	rubbish
s	Altpapier	waste paper
r	Glascontainer	bottle bank
r	Komposthaufen	compost heap
s	Bioessen	organic food
e	Mehrwegflasche	re-useable bottle
r	Müll	rubbish
s	Ozonloch	ozone layer
r	grüne Punkt	green dot (awarded to some packaging)
	sauer Regen	acid rain
r	Regenwald	rain forest
r	Smog	smog
r	Treibhauseffekt	greenhouse effect
e	Umwelt	environment
r	Umweltschutz	environmental protection
e	Luftverschmutzung	air pollution
	bedroht	threatened
	geschützt	protected
	industriell	industrial
	umweltfreundlich	environmentally friendly
	verschmutzt	polluted
	verseucht	contaminated
	aussterben	to become extinct
	den Abfall trennen	to sort the rubbish

	Energie sparen	to save energy
	recyceln	to recycle
	retten	to save
	schädigen	to damage
	schützen	to protect