Sentences with phrase «by more plastic»

These two observations suggest that worker reproduction is influenced by more plastic epigenetic processes than those of queen — worker differentiation — processes, it has been suggested, that could be analogous to somatic cell reprogramming and transdifferentiation [36].

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In the future he hopes to scale up by building more recycling plants — and thus producing the megasupply of processed plastics needed to attract bigger customers.

The unconditional plastic gifts (the less expensive ones, costing $ 0.74) generated slightly more donations than the control, but not by a lot.

In reality, he's more of a mutt: a crossbreed fashioned out of plastic and animated by sensors, motors, thousands of strings of computer code — and the boyhood dreams of a pair of inventors who spent nearly two years perfecting their toy.

Whether or not we realize it, researchers are coming up with new ways to create and use plastics that could benefit the plastics industry — as well as society and the environment — by reducing the costs of consumer goods, making renewable energy more available and reducing plastic waste.

To avoid detection by drug - sniffing dogs, each key is sheathed in a rubber membrane, swathed with plastic wrap, and then wrapped once more in duct tape.

«We know from our experience in other international markets that an incentive in the form of a fee to encourage customers to adopt reusable bags reduces single - use plastic bags by more than 50 %.

More than seven billion plastic bags were handed out by seven main retailers in 2014, but this figure dropped to just over half a billion in the first six months of this year after the 5p charge was introduced in October last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

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A Christian charity's hailing a 5p tax which has caused plastic bag use to go down by more than six billion since it came in.

An 18 - member volunteer group will arrive in Puerto Rico by the end of the weekend, bringing heavy - duty shelter plastic, hygiene kits, and more generators via Samaritan's Purse aircraft.

JD Wetherspoon has promised to remove single use plastic straws from all its pubs by the end of 2017, becoming the latest bar chain to move towards more sustainable drinking.

However, when kneading by hand, before adding more flour, I like to rest the dough for a few minutes, maybe 10, under plastic, and come back to it.

Sharp says the company took an early position to become more environmentally friendly by becoming co-branding partners with NatureWorks, the only manufacturer of a plant - sugar resin used in biodegradable plastic.

We wanted something to protect the walls of the corridors from damage caused by prams and wheel chairs and the stainless steel looked better than the plastic bumpers more associated with supermarkets.

While it's true that some cities now require composting, more restaurants are banning unnecessary plastics like straws, and more people are trying to reduce waste in their own homes by using food that would usually be discarded (like broccoli stems), Americans still have a huge problem with waste.

Environmental groups project that with effective intervention, Australia's marine plastic pollution input could be reduced by more than 50 per cent within a three - to five - year window.

Leading air and rail operators are pushing sustainability goals, with low - cost carrier Ryanair revealing a commitment to eliminate non-recyclable plastics from its services by 2023 more

By 2050, it is estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans.

By 2016, the global flexible packaging market is expected to be worth more than $ 70 billion as brands move to replace metal cans, glass, and plastic bottles with low cost, lighter weight alternatives.

We steamed our asparagus — as we often do — in the microwave, by placing it in a shallow baking dish with a thin layer of water (no more than a quarter inch), covering the dish (you can use either a plate or plastic wrap) and microwaving it for 2 - 3 minutes and then in 1 minute intervals, checking it after each minute by inserting a fork into the stems.

A club run by joe Lewis lol when was the last fuking time Spurs won a trophy give it a fuking rest Wenger has won more trophies then spuds in their whole fuking history Sick of plastic fans constantly knocking the manager and players like you are fuking genius experts in knowing all about football We have the worst fan base in football a bunch of ingrates Why would any top player come and join Arsenal when they see how fans treat their own players like ozil Lol at people talking about Spurs and pool fukers don't win any trophies but their fans stay loyal ours turn nasty every game werther we win or lose It won't change even if we get a new manager they will turn on him at first defeat What we need is for the vocal minority of plastic key board fans to fuk off and stop bringing the club down Coyg

Also trash bags: I'm using up my old plastic grocery bags by filling them with my trash instead of buying more big plastic trash bags.

You can manage to do more or less the same thing by putting down a piece of plastic sheeting or even a thin fabric sheet underneath the toy, but be careful you don't end up using something that will make it slide around and become unsafe for your kids to play on.

Until more is known about the real dangers of BPA, choose glass or supposedly safer - plastic baby bottles offered by Born Free (made with polyamide) or Medela (polypropylene) so bisphenol A can't leach into the milk.

Dental sealants, the popular, thin plastic coatings applied to the grooves of teeth, can reduce tooth decay in children by more than 70 percent.

More than 50 years ago a plastics company in California run by three brothers were asked to make the mould for a new cup designed by a doctor...

My particular model sports a clean, white plastic seat covered by a gray foam cushion that is tastefully decorated with a modern and minimal design of lines and circles — something you'd expect to see more in an art gallery than on a baby product.

more eco-friendly by eliminating the use of excess paper and disposable plastic bags that mom used when scraping soiled inserts

Another thing you will notice is that the top of the plastic eggs are more pointy the bottoms, which in itself is a great way for little ones to sort by distinguishing size and shape.

They accuse plastics manufacturers and chemical companies that make BPA of using the same tactics used by Big... [Read more...]

By repeating our messages together — the same topic at the same time — we can reach more people than we ever could individually with a basic message of: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse (and Avoid toxins and plastics!).

This year I've been especially struck by the encroachment of still more Cheap Plastic Crap into Halloween parties, costumes, and decorations.

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A recent study done by Environmental Defense found that more than 90 % of plastic baby bottles leach BPA.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags, introducing a bill to outlaw them by next year day after Earth Day and a little more than a year after he blocked a 5 - cent surcharge that New York City had sought to place on single - use plastic bags.

The «plastic pick» idea was first put to Natural England by John Watson, a member of the Lindisfarne Wildfowling Management group, and within just a few short weeks, more than 50 wildfowlers, Young Shots and Newton Rigg college students were combing the reserve to gather plastic waste.

According to a 2005 study by the Scottish government, it requires roughly four times as much energy and more water to make a paper bag than a plastic bag, though the completed paper bags are much less likely to become litter.

And while other places that have banned plastic bags have found that some businesses exploit loopholes and continue polluting by using thicker plastic bags that degrade more slowly, both our neighbors in Southampton Town and a county in California have found success with their bans.

As hundreds of advocates rallied in Albany against climate change and to push Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do more on the issue, his office announced legislation on Monday that would institute a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags by 2019.

He argues stores will just get around the law by thickening plastic bags or offer more paper bags, which are often not recycled.

The councilman and other backers of the three - year bill, such as co-sponsor Margaret Chin (D - Manhattan), say the fee would reduce 60 to 90 percent of the more than 9.3 billion plastic bags New Yorkers throw away annually by promoting the use of reusable bags.

Burke says the State Senate has failed to act more than a year after the Attorney General issued a report on the dangers posed by the plastic, which is likely being consumed by fish and wildlife and making it way up the food chain.

Microbeads — the tiny, abrasive plastic pellets that come by the tens of thousands in bottles of face wash, toothpaste, and more — have been banned in Albany County.

By lacing a fake arm and a plastic alligator head with LEDs, Catania was then able to visualize the effect of this attack: The higher an eel struck the target, the more LEDs lit up.

Cosmetic injection of onabotulinum toxin A — best known by the brand name Botox — is by far the most common plastic surgery procedure, with more than 6.5 million procedures performed in 2015.

The New Jersey native — a long - haul trucker and exotic - animal dealer by trade — hung precariously from a gigantic but incredibly fragile plastic balloon, his spacecraft nothing more than a welded aluminium cage with styrofoam walls.

The resulting plastic can be programmed with ultraviolet radiation to assume any permanent shape, and it can switch back to that shape even after being deformed by more than 100 %, the team reports in the 30 January issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

So a team of researchers led by mechanical engineer Scott White of the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, set out to see if they could give plastic composites — materials composed of two or more components that are typically used for the most demanding applications — a bit more longevity.

By «printing» plastic transistors onto the card instead, banks could issue cards that are much more robust.