Sentences with phrase «not go to landfill»

Mary Del Ciancio, from the Canadian Packaging Magazine, commented on the PurPod100: «This is a win - win for consumers who get to enjoy the coffee they love, the convenience of being able to compost the entire pod, and the peace of mind knowing that waste isn't going to a landfill.»

Not exact matches

We didn't want to just chuck them out and have them go to landfill though so we did a bit of research into companies that help with this and came across Herne Hill Waste Collective, which is local to our kitchen.

However, anything likely to go into a landfill will not meet that test within a year — if ever.

This includes coffee pods that have to go into landfills because they can not be put into composting facilities and they are not truly welcome by recyclers.

While this may be true, Dawn is quick to add that all batteries should be disposed of at recycling sites, something that clearly doesn't happen often enough — 240 million batteries go to landfill each year.

items flushed down the loo does not go straight to the landfill.

I'm sure I don't need to talk about the 27.4 billon disposable diapers that go into US landfills every year, do I?

Regardless of the system you use (gdiapers, prefolds na dcovers, AIOs, etc.), it is less harmful on the environment, becuase instead of 6000 diapers per child going to the landfill (which is the average for a newborn to potty train), only a couple of dozen (if that) go into the landfill, and that's AFTER you use the cloth for all your children, something you can't do with ANBY disposables on the market.

Meaning... that the first meconium isn't going into a diaper to go to a landfill, or going into a cloth diaper to get washed — it's going straight into the socially acceptable receptacle.

Solid waste also gets composted or flushed into septic tanks and sewers where it is supposed to go, not into landfills.

Even if you only cloth diapered on the weekend when you and your partner are home, you are going to save some money and the environment a few extra diapers that won't be stored in a landfill.

It warms my heart to think of all the disposable diapers that have not gone into landfills thanks to Green Mountain Diapers.

Fox21 Colorado Springs / Puebo, April 30, 2008 Diapers go green by Christina Salvo «When it comes to dirty diapers many parents may think they can't be thrown away fast enough, but a local look at our landfills tells a different story.»

And then you don't have a wastebasket full of bloody tissues sitting around waiting to go to the landfill.

We're not in a hurry for him to go diaper - free 24/7 but we're quite happy with not only because of the money we're saving but also because there'd be fewer diapers added into the landfills.

The fact that you can't flush «sposie wipes, that they have to go into a landfill where they will take centuries to decompose?

I could not stand the thought of so many diapers just going into the landfills, and what's more, I couldn't stand the thought of buying something that's sole purpose was to hold poop just so I could throw it away....

It's not recyclable, so it goes to landfills, where it leaches plastic toxins into the earth.

If you toss them into your trash bin, they'll go straight to the landfill and won't readily break down.

When the going gets tough — like after you've been on vacation using disposable diapers for a week and you just can't seem to get back to using the cloth — think about those landfills.

«This breakthrough is significant as not only is the alumina more pure than its commercial counterpart, it could also reduce the amount of aluminium foil going to landfill while also sidestepping the environmental damage associated with mining bauxite.»

They could also go to landfill (not ideal)-- imagine the press headlines.

«So, there is a very intimate connection between what people put in their trash and what comes out of landfills, but people also need to think about the fate of what doesn't go into the trash,» Pierrehumbert said.

Much of the plastic that does not end up in landfill or go through other waste management pathways (such as recycling or incineration) is thought to end up in the ocean.

But the law isn't enforced, and because these scraps have no value, they go straight to the landfill or incinerator.

Organic waste that does go to the landfill doesn't get the chance to decompose properly due to the lack of oxygen, which produces methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

In order to win back my coveted open space and make the room usable, I was going to have to get rid of a lot, and I couldn't bear to have it all just end up in the landfill.

I try as much as possible to recycle, donate, sell, anything not to go into landfill.

«Love Your Tent, take it with you when you've finished the festival, because you can't recycle, it all goes to landfill.»

So yes I agree, they don't stand behind there product and would rather see them go to landfill then fix them.

«Plus, if the toy goes straight to the garbage — and then the landfill — then it's not very eco-friendly, even if it's made out of environmentally friendly ingredients.»

All they'll do for years if not centuries is clutter up a landfill where they're sure to go.

Sister Eden recommends using items that are already going to the landfill to use for litter disposal instead of using a bag that otherwise wouldn't be thrown away — things like empty chip bags or cereal liners.

Not too long ago, on a typical summer day at the downtown market, we would throw out about 500 gallons worth of garbage bags destined for the landfill, loaded with food scraps, plastic water bottles, to - go coffee cups, paper plates, soda cans, packaging and other discarded items.

A report from GAIA reveals how old carpets go straight to landfill or get burned because many manufacturers haven't developed closed - loop production.

I'm sure that is a big issue for such scientists and has public repercussions, but admittedly I did not have the interest to read up on it, and it's time we accept the fact that most people aren't going to unless it personally influences them (whether it be climate change, mercury pollution, mudslides, landfills genocide in Africa, etc etc).

Many landfills are approaching capacity, and in the desert where I love you don't have to go far to see society's discards.

It saddens me that not only do we waste food in terms of it going from plate to landfill, but we lose the additional benefit of harvesting food scraps» potential by composting.

The article then goes on to say that environmental officials get excited because the fuel is much cleaner than coal and could save landfill space, but faces hurdles since... «The state doesn't currently issue permits for the «processed fuel»...» Did someone hear a primal scream?

When we throw things «away» to a landfill they don't really go anywhere.

Putting wheels on it for easy transport home, Ballhatchet designed the areas that the screen occupied inside the package to be used as shelves for the TV stand (the wheels come off and go underneath), and the result is the first large appliance packaging we've seen that won't end up in the recycle bin or landfill when you get it unpacked.

They go to extra lengths to make sure the devices are scrubbed of data so that companies don't risk leaks of proprietary information, and they also make sure that no gadget that enters the facilities are ever redirected to landfills.

Barry Edwards had a seemingly simple idea: why not have businesses and other groups make use of the garbage and sewage that was piling up every day in Catawba County's landfills instead of letting it go to waste?

Even if your city doesn't have a plan for food waste collection, you can still cut down on the amount that goes to landfill by starting your own compost bin or pile.

A lot of those 12 daily tons of waste still get landfilled, and all the waste and recycling has to go back to the mainland, to the landfill or to the recycling center; the only thing that doesn't leave is the organic waste, which is composted, or the biomedical waste (mostly from the hospital) which is burned on site.

In it, my friend John Romankiewicz and his partner Zhao Xiangyu dive into Beijing's recycling pile to give us a peek at how scrap collectors on tricycles and migrant sorters in back alleys make their living running urban China's low - tech recycling network.Whether it goes in the blue bin or not, a lot of stuff in China is simply too valuable to landfill.