Sentences with phrase «by waste incinerators»
Rhesus monkeys fed food contaminated with dioxins — hormone - disrupting pollutants created by waste incinerators and other industries — developed endometriosis 10 years later.
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It includes instances in which bodies were used without donor or next - of - kin consent; donors were misled about how bodies would be used; bodies were dismembered by chainsaws instead of medical instruments; body parts were stored in such unsanitary conditions that they decomposed; or bodies were discarded in medical waste incinerators instead of being properly cremated.
They are generated by incomplete combustion of materials in forest fires, industrial plants and waste incinerators.
Powered by wasted heat from the incinerator, the collectors use fans to suck ambient air into filters, which absorb carbon dioxide.
Every day we are also bombarded by chemicals from industry, waste incinerators, air travel, household cleaning products, building materials, cigarette smoke and way more.
Just as incinerators often start out burning forestry waste, and end up using virgin wood once supply of «waste» runs out, so too anaerobic digestion plants may begin by using food waste, and end up utilizing forest products or other «biofuels» grown deliberately for the purpose.
The norm should be the development of microgrids [background] supplied by a mix of electricity sources (solar, biomass, clean waste incinerators, etc.).
• Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators • Conserving natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals • Saving energy by reusing materials that have already been processed • Preventing pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future generations
Each week, we highlight a success story in the zero waste movement, excerpted from a report by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).
From the book «Grabbing Power: The New Struggles for Land, Food and Democracy in Northern Honduras» by Tanya M Kerssen: «Palm oil manufacturing generates three main kinds of waste: solid waste (fibers, shells and empty fruit bunches); liquid waste (generated in the oil extraction process); and air emissions (smoke from boilers and incinerators).
The commercial building industry can greatly reduce waste going to landfills and incinerators by targeting two large categories: paper (office paper, paperboard, cardboard) and organics (yard trimmings, food scraps, and wood).
The projects, which include highways passing through protected nature sites, waste incinerators and airports, are being paid for — or being considered for financial support in the future — by Cohesion Policy Funds in the current EU budget.
Electricity Generated by Incinerating Gargbage - > Electric Truck Huddersfield has an energy - from - waste incinerator (combined with a recycling center) that produces about 10 megawatts, and the «Smith Edison - modified 3.5 - tonne Transit with a 40kWh lithium - ion battery pack, a top speed of 50mph, an effective range of 100 miles and a 6 - 8 hour charge time» charges from that power.
With plans for new incinerators delayed by the Depression and World War II, the city struggled to meet its waste disposal needs.
Neal and Traill have also teamed up to challenge a controversial waste incinerator planned for Neal's ward that will service all of the surrounding Durham Region, using their legal backgrounds to pick holes in an agreement reached by the previous council to host the site.