E-waste is now the fastest
growing waste stream in the world, and the tide of trash shows no signs of stemming.
E-waste is the fastest
growing waste stream in the world, with rapidly advancing technology compelling people to upgrade their gadgets multiple times a year instead of once a decade.
Electrical waste (also known as WEEE — Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment) is the fastest
growing waste stream in the world.
Specialty stores like Staples and Best Buy also host national take - back programs for e-waste,
a growing waste stream in today's world of constant upgrades and new models.
Regardless of the fact that comprehensive systems are not in place to effectively address
these growing waste streams, some companies and manufacturers are taking it upon themselves to put forth the resources to provide their solutions.
E-waste is one of the fastest
growing waste streams in the world.
Not exact matches
Nutritional yeast is NOT torula yeast, a by - product of paper mill
waste streams obtained by
growing Pichia jadinii on wood sugars.
Experts foresee a further 17 % increase — to 52.2 million metric tonnes of e-
waste by 2021, — the fastest
growing part of the world's domestic
waste stream.
It's an incredible amount of
wasted potential and just goes to show why I now consider new revenue
stream growth for Nintendo to be of the utmost importance in the short term in order to both
grow total revenues and act as failsafe revenue
stream in case NX fails.
«Plans call for urban «food factories,» where organic vegetables can be
grown with hydroponic techniques, employing liquid from the city's
waste stream.
Developing soil and hydroponic nutrient technologies to turn food
waste streams into biobased materials for indoor
growing systems.
So this landfill just
grows higher with the problem delayed for others to resolve in a future crisis since they are still not currently working to divert the
waste stream currently land filled, or planning to site a new landfill for the City of Toledo.
Yet this
waste stream continues to
grow as we in the developed world cycle through our devices at faster and faster rates.
Over the long term, it surely pays to be green: you use less gas or heating oil and you leave more money in your pocket; you
grow your own food and reduce your expenses (over time) as well as your diet's carbon footprint; you reduce, reuse, and recycle and you get far, far more bang for your buck while putting less
waste into the production and distribution
streams.
Industrial activities currently generate nearly 7.6 billion tons of solid
waste in the U.S. each year, 3,000 % of the total municipal
waste generated by Americans annually; on the other hand, electronic
waste is currently the fastest
growing solid
waste stream,
growing two to three times faster than any other
waste stream.
In in 2009, more than 6.6 billion pounds of e-
waste was generated in the U.S., making it the fastest
growing municipal
waste stream in the country.