Sentences with phrase «going to landfill saves»
We know that reducing waste going to landfill saves open land for habitat and other purposes and reduces water and soil contamination.
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Each keg of wine is reused, which saves 26 bottles from going to a landfill.
According to Elizabeth Rogers, co-author of The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time, «If we all give up one napkin a day, we could save a billion pounds of paper waste from going to landfills each year.»
Even if you only cloth diapered on the weekend when you and your partner are home, you are going to save some money and the environment a few extra diapers that won't be stored in a landfill.
We're not in a hurry for him to go diaper - free 24/7 but we're quite happy with not only because of the money we're saving but also because there'd be fewer diapers added into the landfills.
As a parent thinking back I wish we had gone with the cloth diaper option because it would have saved the landfills a lot of extra diapers from having to break down over the years.
Whether that means turning coffee cans into fastener organizers, mason jars into terrariums, or an orange peel into a candle, upcycling saves the need to go out to the store while preventing waste from ending up in the landfill.
In two short weeks we saved over 45,000 plastic bottles and over 19,000 disposable cups from going to the landfill.
The article then goes on to say that environmental officials get excited because the fuel is much cleaner than coal and could save landfill space, but faces hurdles since... «The state doesn't currently issue permits for the «processed fuel»...» Did someone hear a primal scream?
Each ton of shredded recycled paper will save 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 400 kilowatts of energy, 90 cubic feet of landfill space and 100 gallons of gasoline.Lerner and Rowe's mission to Go Green includes:
It is one of the environmentally conscious methods for furnishing your home because you are saving furniture from going to the landfill.