Sentences with phrase «going to landfill by»

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.

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Thanks to donations, a large quantity of edible food that would have gone to a landfill, creating C02 emissions and increasing water and energy wastage, is now being consumed by those most in need.

«We have reduced our waste by 60 percent going to the landfill in the last six months,» Bosma notes.

Packaging that goes to the landfill is targeted for replacement by recyclable, reusable and renewable materials.

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.

For example, by 2020 no general waste will go to landfill, compared with 13 % in 2008, and product packaging will be 100 % recyclable.

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.»

Cloth diapers can be used by multiple children, cutting down on waste going to our landfills.

Once I learned where fast fashion clothes come from (mostly overseas made by underage workers with little regulation), and where they go once they inevitably fall apart (in landfills), I vowed to be more mindful in my clothing purchases.

The Task Force report, completed in November 1996, provided a framework for the closure, including recommendations for increased recycling efforts by the city and a five year schedule for reducing the amount of waste going to the landfill.

However, the news was disappointing in regard to excavation waste, primarily soil and stones, which has seen a sharp increase by 2.4 million tonnes in the amounts going to landfill.

By shopping secondhand, you're preventing another item from going to landfill and saying no to using natural resources to create a new piece of clothing.

«The sector is realising the significant environmental benefits as well as cost savings to be made by cutting the volume of waste going to landfill.

«These tubes were used by cyclists and recovered by us instead of going to the landfill,» says Lanette Fidrych, Cycle Dog president.

By donating shoes to Noah's Ark Animal Foundation, the shoes will be given a second chance, make a difference in people's lives and reduce what goes into landfills.

We start by using only natural reclaimed paper fibers sourced locally to reduce products going into landfills and to keep carbon emissions to a minimum.

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.

Reducing construction by using fewer raw materials and recycled - content products whenever possible means less waste going to our landfills.

More important and ultimately the key to changing our historical pattern of discarding by dumping trash in a landfill is having somewhere for that trash to go other than that landfill.

According to a report done by the University of Hawaii, the island has over 67 thousand tons of waste that goes into just one of the island's landfills.

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).

Last May, Pike Research estimated that e-waste going to our landfills would plateau by 2015 and begin to decline.

The remaining 20 percent goes to landfill, although Kamikatsu hopes to eliminate that amount entirely by 2020.

Essentially, they're seeking design entries for buildings that minimize waste, reuse materials, cut greenhouse gas emissions and support cost - effective disassembly by anticipating the future reuse of building materials, and they'll also accept designs for innovative green building materials that cut down on waste that goes to landfills.