Add yard waste and scrap metal, and that number is more like 45 percent, which is as good, or better, in many cases, than most U.S. municipal systems.
Since TreeHugger last visited this recycling center, they've
added a yard waste and food scrap composting component to the operation.
Not exact matches
Add barley a little later in the ingredients, and this food will make your puppy feel full but it will also mean you will be picking up a lot of
waste in the
yard.
The remedy, Brinton tells his clients, is to
add more oxygen and carbon - based materials like wood chips, sawdust, and
yard waste — things urban composters often have trouble getting their hands on.»
The bigger picture is that food
waste is a huge issue, and sending food
waste (and
yard waste and other organic materials) to landfills is a ridiculous practice which
adds to methane emissions (20 % comes from landfills, according to the EPA).
Oh, and they take the weight of steel from engineers as a given, but for wood they
add 15 % for lumber
yard and site cull, as if there has never been a piece of steel tossed into a bin on a job site, and another 25 % for mill
waste.