décharges

English translation: waste landfill, engineered landfill

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:décharge contrôlée / CET centre d'enfouissement technique (gestion des déchets)
English translation:waste landfill, engineered landfill
Entered by: df49f (X)

21:08 Nov 28, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
French term or phrase: décharges
Coactivité dans la carrière : décharges, granulats, impacts sur l’exploitation et la pérennité du
gisement

Document on a cement works quarry.
JabTrad
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:31
waste landfill/landfilling
Explanation:
les carrières qui ne sont plus/ou que partiellement exploitées sont parfois utilisées pour comme site de stockage de déchets (en français CET=centre d'enfouissement technique ou centre de stockage de déchets ->landfill)

guessing... étant donné le peu de contexte
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df49f (X)
France
Local time: 06:31
Grading comment
Many thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
3delivery or discharge
Jane McCrann (X)
1 +1waste landfill/landfilling
df49f (X)


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
delivery or discharge


Explanation:
I should say that I know nothing about mining, but my technical dictionary (Ernst) gives delivery or discharge (in a mining context).

Jane McCrann (X)
Local time: 05:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
waste landfill/landfilling


Explanation:
les carrières qui ne sont plus/ou que partiellement exploitées sont parfois utilisées pour comme site de stockage de déchets (en français CET=centre d'enfouissement technique ou centre de stockage de déchets ->landfill)

guessing... étant donné le peu de contexte

df49f (X)
France
Local time: 06:31
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Was to have been my guess too, not that my cement customer does that, to the best of my knowledge.
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