Sentences with phrase «american throws away»

The average American throws away approximately 185 pounds of plastic a year.

The average American throws away 4.4 lbs of trash per day!

In fact, the average American throws away 68 pounds of textiles a year.

The National Resources Defense Council recently released a study that says Americans throw away 40 percent of their food every single day.

I'd guess a much higher number, but studies show that Americans throw away up to 20 % of the fresh fruits and vegetable they buy each year.

Food waste is the No. 1 item Americans throw away accounting for 21 percent (more than 35 million tons) of the nation's waste stream.

According to the Clean Air Council, Americans throw away 49 million diapers per day.

Americans throw away about 50 billion aluminum cans each year.

That the problem is one of distribution more than production is highlighted by the fact that Americans throw away enough usable food to feed all the hungry in Africa.

According to the website Use Less Stuff, Americans throw away 25 percent more trash during the holidays than any other time of year.

(CNN) Every day, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws, enough to circle the Earth twice, or fill 125 school buses.

For the rest, the dates have little foundation in actual food safety science, as a result, Americans throw away billions of pounds of food every year over concerns that it has gone bad.

According to the United Nations, North Americans throw away a larger percentage — about 250 pounds per person — of their food than any other geographic group.

We as Americans throw away too much, and are too careless with what we have.

Did you know that North Americans throw away 81 pounds of clothing and textiles every year?

Not exact matches

Just think if that had been spent here on American's health than thrown away in the middle east.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, American families throw away up to 40 % of the fresh fish, meat and...

But Americans are throwing away less packaging today than they did more than a decade ago.

Chew on These Food Waste Stats • The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects that Americans will throw away more than 200 million pounds of edible turkey meat this Thanksgiving holiday.

Older Americans are slightly more likely to keep food longer, while younger Americans are more likely to throw food away earlier based on the date label.

The average American family of four wastes almost $ 1,500 a year throwing away delicious and nutritious food in their kitchen.

Don't throw your money away on Trump branded ties stitched by starving Chinese urchins — they put American tie - stitching urchins out of work!

Thirty - two percent of Americans refuse to throw away their old, tattered underwear until they receive new, replacement pairs.

Most American families throw away $ 1,600 every year, and it's literally rotting in the garbage can in the form of food waste.

The yoga practiced by most Americans today has little in common with the ancient tradition, but that doesn't mean you should throw away your mat and leggings.

Steve: I always used PCs prior to the last basically eight months, except for a little bit at Scientific American's offices we have Macs, and then I got an iPhone and the aesthetics — and this is well known territory, but for me, it's new — I bought a Mac book recently and everything right down to the bag that they put the box in at the Apple store is so elegant and purposeful; I mean the bag doubles as a backpack, you're never going to throw it away.

The discovery, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggests that the widespread practice of throwing away egg yolks to maximize one's dietary protein intake from eggs is counterproductive, said Nicholas Burd, a University of Illinois professor of kinesiology and community health who led the research.

«This election represented such a large change and threw such uncertainty onto the place of science in American government that we really had to reach out right away to the president - elect,» he says.

After all, the average American goes through 185 pounds of plastic a year, and 50 percent of the plastic is thrown away after just one use.

You can throw away your preconceived notions about doofy hicks, or (sadly) the Marlboro Man... these are real honest - to - goodness Americans and Canadians who simply prefer to date other country dwellers for a variety of reasons.

With that move, the CEA joined the leadership of the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter in throwing their support and money behind the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest districts.

But those looking for stones to throw at the new Tudor United SportsCar Championship — created by combining Grand - Am and the American Le Mans Series — will find at least a medium - sized pebble by looking at the initial roster of entries for the Sebring test, which is barely two weeks away, and the Daytona test one day later.

Ten, 15 years ago, you pretty much had to be a collector to be an American mainstream comics fan and follow a given title, unless you were prepared to throw your copies away as soon as you'd read them.

That means Americans are throwing away millions of dollars each month on interest charges, while they overpay with a credit card for that third big - screen TV.

Musical stings, graphical gags, and throw - away lines about extra lives rang true, but the movie wasn't really * about * gaming or * about * nerd culture in the same way Black Panther or Coco were about African and Mexican American culture.

This is about getting Americans to accept that eating leftovers is a good idea, that monotonous meals are a part of life, and that it's immoral to throw good food away.

According to Greenfield's website, «1 in 7 Americans don't have the food they need yet we are throwing away enough food to feed every hungry American five times over!»

With millions of Americans out of work and the economy in recession, it might not be the best time to talk about «throwing away our economic prosperity» or to support the status quo.

Nine out of ten Americans needlessly throw away food according to a report on expiration dates and sell - by dates.

«The latest survey shows what we suspected: many Americans could be foolishly throwing money away because they fail to ask about insurance discounts for which they may qualify,» says Madelyn Flannagan, Big «I» vice president of agent development, education and research.

Many young Americans don't want to buy life insurance because they feel it's like «throwing money away».

Ann Coulter has warned of a backlash but a sitcom's success with «ordinary Americans» prompted the president to throw away the script

To Bloom who wrote «American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Half of Its Food,» that statistic is oddly «empowering because, as we've seen with recycling, when people wrap their mind around a simple environmental behavior change, that change can make an impact.»