Sentences with phrase «bag waste»

This simple change can save your family nearly a pound of plastic bag waste each year.

«They don't want to do anything about reducing plastic bag waste,» he said.

«A fee on single - use paper and plastic disposable bags is the right way to reduce plastic bag waste in New York City,» he maintained.

They estimate that the 10 - cent impost would decrease bag waste by 60 to 90 percent, and the measure includes a proviso for the city to help distribute reusable cloth bags.

«It's not like I'm perfect» I tell myself as I look at the 5 plastic grocery bags wasted on my groceries and remember I haven't had the guts to stop using my disposable maxi pads.

Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) is a methane - based gas created artificially from black bag waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill, hence earning its green credentials.

«The windfall profit to private entities is unjustifiable and unnecessary,» Cuomo wrote, noting that the issue of bag waste pervades not just the city but the entire state.

This Bumble Collection diaper bag wastes no space but also doesn't feel bulky.

Reduce single - use bag waste while keeping life?s clutter cleaned up.

«We are encouraged that Governor Cuomo has introduced legislation to address bag waste.

«New York — like the rest of the nation — is currently struggling with the environmental impact of plastic and paper bag waste, particularly with a focus on plastic bags,» Cuomo said.

A mayoral spokeswoman said de Blasio would work with the council to reduce plastic - bag waste as part of the city's environmental goals but declined to weigh in on the proposal.

Bill backer Antonio Reynoso, whose council district includes parts of Williamsburg and Bushwick, said bag waste «particularly affects low income communities of color» who live in sections of the city where trash is processed.

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For example, in 2009 we reduced our plastic bag waste globally by about 66.5 million pounds, which is the equivalent of approximately 4.8 billion shopping bags.

Adheres to bio-hazardous or red bag waste policy and procedure for proper disposal of biomedical waste.

The bill prevents New York City from implementing a law passed by city council to reduce plastic bag waste in the city.

In a statement, Cuomo called the fee «an earnest attempt at a real solution» to the problem of bag waste, but said that allowing the stores to keep the money amounted «to a $ 100 million - per - year windfall to merchants.»

U.S. cities started experimenting with ways to reduce plastic bag waste in the late 2000s, with cities like Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine, adopting small fees on single - use plastic bags.

A ban on single - use plastic bags was one of several options put forward in January by a task force Cuomo created to study the issue of plastic bag waste.

Instead of making specific recommendations, the task force only outlined options, which also included stronger enforcement of existing laws to reduce plastic bag waste, a new fee on the bags and a requirement that bag manufacturers fund a program to collect and recycle them.

Cuomo added he was sympathetic to the support from environmental groups who want to cut down on plastic bag waste, but also the argument the fee amounts to a regressive tax.

The governor reiterated at an unrelated press conference this afternoon that he shared the Council's concerns about plastic bag waste.

However, the governor acknowledged minutes earlier in the press conference that plastic bag waste is «a national problem, obviously» — which by his own logic would suggest that Albany should defer to Washington on the matter.

«We know that people in our public housing developments and in our communities all around the city want to live in a clean city, don't want to see garbage all over their streets, and whatever their neighborhood, whatever their income, can bring a reusable bag and help end the scourge of bag waste,» he said.

With devices that feature a rotating mechanism like the Litter Robot, you will only need to grab a bagged waste so the contact is minimum as well.

With the Litter Robot your daughter won't need to scoop the litter box but only to remove the bagged waste by opening the waste drawer at the bottom of the unit.

If you have more than one cat you will need to empty the bagged waste more often.

It is easy to clean by just grabbing the bagged waste from the container to dispose it.

To clean the Litter Robot is simple; you only have to push a button to open a bottom drawer that contains the bagged waste.

The Litter Robot III requires very minimal maintenance, only topping off the litter once a week and grabbing the bagged waste.

The only bending you will do is topping off the litter box with litter every week or so and opening the waste drawer to grab the bagged waste.

The bagged waste won't smell because it's covered by the activated carbon filter.

There's a section of trail near the Robin Hood Bay landfill dubbed the «Plastic Forest» due to plastic bag waste being carried over by wind.

So what I'm doing to meet local code and respect the land owner is bagging the waste every few weeks into a biodegradable «plastic» bag and then sending it along with the city trash; at that point its essentially like a diaper, but the plastic will break down in a landfill quickly.

Come join us and demonstrate support for reducing plastic bag waste.

Starting March 15, all IKEA stores in the US will charge a nickel per plastic bag in an effort to get people to haul their Swedish Fish and affordable housewares out of the store in reusable bags and cut down on plastic bag waste.