Sentences with phrase «minimize use of plastics»

It's being fought in the states and in Congress, as the green building industry tries to minimize the use of plastics made from toxic materials, fossil fuels, and flame retardants, and the giant chemical industry and its plastic empire loyalists fight to defend their plastic turf.

Minimize use of plastics and especially avoid drinking or eating from heated plastic.

At the same time, there are some simple things you can do at home to help make detox easier, such as minimizing your use of plastics for food storage (no heating food in the microwave), avoiding the use of unfiltered tap or well water, and trying skin brushing and sauna therapy (if you have one).

Minimize your use of plastic bags, opt for refillable water bottles instead of bottled waters, choose «whole foods» over more processed or packaged foods (for both environmental and personal health reasons), and say no to straws in your beverages.

Not exact matches

Refill containers are important because they minimize the use of smaller, nozzled plastic containers, reduce waste, and simply because they're something green consumers expect from a green product line.

University of Washington researcher Emanuel Todorov, who developed the hand pictured here with Zhe Xu of Yale University, says that using 3 - D - printed plastic parts minimizes the possibility of rejection — a common problem with hand transplants — while cutting costs to a fraction of those associated with similar articulated prostheses.

It also makes use of advanced plastic technology to minimize odor.

We like to minimize the use of non-natural materials like foam, plastic, vinyl and fiberglass, and stay with traditional building materials and practices.

The purchase of a Bagonia and / or Birch has a positive macro effect on our economy and society... it keeps businesses from shutting down, people employed and able to take care of their families, it minimizes carbon emission output from mass transport of products, it reduces space in landfills, empowers people to end the plastic and paper bag plague and encourages people to use bikes as alternative transportation thereby increasing their health and reducing air pollution and the use of fossil fuels.»

Reducing the use of straws would help significantly to minimize unnecessary plastic waste.

Tensegrity is a trick of mechanics that allows us to minimize use of man - made materials such as solar cells, plastic, and steel, while maximizing use of natural materials like air, water, and soil.

To minimize the cost, the plastic used in making is of lower standards which makes the users compromise with the quality of the product.

If you mask off the area using plastic, you can minimize the mess in the rest of the house.