Sentences with phrase «amounts of waste produced»

We are resolved to be part of the solution, and this includes reducing the amount of waste we produce,» says Ian McLaren, director of trade advocacy for Bacardi, who is encouraging all offices within the Bacardi global infrastructure to do the same.

We try to cut down the amount of waste we produce — we've eliminated most of our paper towel use (it takes us a couple months to go through one roll now), and we wash and reuse resealable plastic bags.

With the GoFreshBaby reusable food pouch parents can take advantage of the convenience food pouches offer while reducing the amount of waste they produce.

In a statement to MPs, waste and recycling minister Joan Ruddock said: «The case for reducing the amount of waste we all produce is clear - it is damaging the environment and contributing to climate change.

«Another key issue for the Welsh Liberal Democrat's is for this Bill to put on a statutory footing existing aims for Wales to be a Zero Waste Nation with targets to reduce the amount of waste we produce as a nation.

Different species also vary in the amount of waste they produce, and therefore the type and amount of litter they need.

Animals also vary in the amount of waste they produce; and therefore, they require different types and amount of litter.

Consumption of goods and materials is rapidly increasing and as a result so is the amount of waste produced.

In the UK, the amount of waste produced is worrying many in the population.

The Bank seeks to minimize its environmental impact wherever possible, through efforts such as aiming to reduce the amount of waste produced before and during the event and by opting for digital versions of reports, brochures and other documentation.

Processes such as carbon recycling and generation, already in wide use by the pulp and paper industry, help minimize the amount of waste produced by businesses and could lower greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by close to «300 million metric tons on an annual basis,» according to McCarl, when combined with sound forest management.

But we have better options than landfills and incineration, starting with reducing the amount of waste we produce.

I was becoming offended by the amount of waste we produced.»

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There, it's using some of the most advanced tactics around to manufacture its clothing: a machine that automatically cuts sheets of fabric so as to produce the least amount of waste possible; 3 - D body scanners that let it create customized clothing for top athletes.

A third of all food produced in the world goes to waste and there is a huge amount of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions that goes into producing and transporting that food.

We agree with the comments that the ingredients as listed produce such an infinitesimal amount it's a waste of time.

We have to make sure that packaging, especially for example for produce, is sufficient to get it there safely; and if it's not... it not only is contributing to the lack of food to some regions, but it's also contributing to a huge amount of scrap or waste in our system.»

Sustainable Solutions for Wine Waste Ways to recycle the vast amount of plant waste produced by the wine industry are under investigation by chemistry and biotechnology researchers at Swinburne...

There's a huge amount of food wastage in the supply chain, from farm to fork, as they say with 88 million tonnes of food waste produced in the EU every year.

«These changes are part of an overall commitment from the company to reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste produced,» said Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson.

Opponents say the industry is pushing a product that makes huge profits from a precious natural resource, has no dietary benefit compared with tap water and produces large amounts of waste.

According to Kids Konserve,» the amount of trash produced by one child's lunch alone creates 67 pounds of landfill waste in a school year!»

It's very discouraging to watch the amount of waste that is being produced and we are trying everything, slicing, dicing, shredding, cooked, uncooked, roasted, whole, it seems to be quite a losing situation.

I mean, I'm not hating on the parents who use disposables, so much as saying that hey, here's this thing, all the kids in my family have had it done this way (even by two working parents), and it reduces the amount of non-biodegradeable waste you produce by a factor of 10, easily.

There is never any waste with breast milk, as healthy mothers produce the right amount of milk a child needs based on the principle of supply and demand.

Besides the obvious reasons of non-compliance with WHO and child labor, our family does not like supporting a giant business who produces massive amounts of waste and commonly uses unhealthy food products like corn syrup and preservatives.

Made from wood pulp fluff sourced from family - owned, sustainably managed forests and with significantly less material than traditional plastic diapers, 365 Everyday Value ™ Baby Diapers are responsibly produced and reduce the amount of waste that ends up in our landfills.

Will he advise Labour that producing posters is «a waste of money» and that the above examples amount to «bullying tactics»?

How we dispose of our waste - and how we reduce the amount we produce in the first place - is massively important.

Microbes feed on the waste, oxidizing the organic substances and producing a small amount of electricity.

An Ebola patient produces 30 to 40 times the amount of medical waste that normal patients generate.

The sentence marked with an asterisk was changed from «In fact, fly ash — a by - product from burning coal for power — and other coal waste contains up to 100 times more radiation than nuclear waste» to «In fact, the fly ash emitted by a power plant — a by - product from burning coal for electricity — carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.»

«We are also reducing the amount of manufacturing waste produced in making thin and small geometry magnets out of larger bulk materials.»

Moreover, all these processes produce large amounts of waste water that also need to be suitably treated.»

As a result, a considerable amount of aquaculture waste is produced yearly.

For one thing, a bundle of micro nukes would collectively produce just as much nuclear waste as a conventional plant generating the same amount of power.

Peak waste refers to some highest ever amount of garbage produced daily, which then, it's hoped, begins to fall.

The microbes convert the waste into methane, which can be used to produce commercial amounts of electricity and heat.

Then, the volume flow in the plant can be doubled, utilization of carbon from biomass will increase to nearly 100 %, and a large amount of usable waste heat will be produced by the catalyst (PtG operation).

«In high - income countries, we also have a responsibility to reduce the amount of waste, especially plastic waste, that we produce,» she added.

However, the mass production of sago produces large amounts of waste residues.

The estimates were based on information including World Bank data for trash generated per person in all nations with a coastline, coastal population density, the amount of plastic waste countries produce and the quality of their waste - management practices.

Researchers at the Ruhr - Universität Bochum have found a way to turn climate - damaging CO2 into an alcohol that could serve as a raw material for the chemical industry — without producing large amounts of salt waste that usually arise.

«Our research makes it possible to produce fermentable sugars from this huge amount of waste in a cost - effective way to increase its commercial value,» says one of the lead researchers, Jin Chuan Wu, from the A * STAR Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences.

Reducing waste where food is sold, prepared, eaten and, in many cases, partly tossed in the trash as uneaten leftovers or unsellable produce, reduces the amount of land, fertilizer and equipment needed to feed everybody.

It is hoped that this combined approach would reduce both the cost of nuclear waste disposal and the amount of byproducts produced during the process.

Plastic is used in many everyday products that improve the quality of life globally, yet roughly 50 per cent of all plastic produced is used in disposable products that generate a substantial amount of waste.

Although Solar radiation and lightning (which has been detected by the ESA's Venus Express probe in 2007) should be producing large amounts of carbon monoxide (CO), the gas was found to be scarce, as if something was removing it (such as hydrogenogens, diverse bacteria and archaea that grow anaerobically utilizing CO as their sole carbon source and water as an electron acceptor to produce carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen as waste products).

An e-cloth and just water greatly reduces the amount of consumer waste that is being produced while you clean.

In addition, glucose metabolism produces a tremendous amount of metabolic waste and inflammation compared to ketone metabolism.