Sentences with phrase «increased waste generation»

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Keep America Beautiful offers solutions that create clean, beautiful public places, reduce waste and increase recycling, generate positive impact on local economies and inspire generations of environmental stewards.

Rethinking Waste focuses on how to decrease the generation of solid waste and increase what is taken out of the waste stream through recycling and reuse.

Senate Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran rejected the GOP claim that the parks / e-waste recycling bill includes new taxes, noting the proposed increases in civil and criminal fines for environmental conservation law violations are for crimes that already exist (estimated revenue generation: $ 1 million), and the same goes for the restructuring of fees for hazardous waste generation (estimated revenue generation: $ 2 million).

These challenges include increasing our nation's energy capacity; reducing dependence on imported oil; and detecting, mitigating and preventing the environmental impacts of legacy waste and energy generation and use.

So eating some carbs, by increasing after - meal insulin, will actually tend to increase fat oxidation and waste heat generation.

Increased generation of waste and improper waste management continue to threaten the land and waters of the Galápagos.

This greatly increases the probability that many future generations to come will live in an impoverished and wasted world, starting with the children being born today.

We know about adverse health effects, and property devaluation, and wasted subsidies that have increased hydro rates, of excess generation of power that has to «exported» to others (we pay them to take it), of injurious affection and the list goes on.

Imagine how future generations are going to feel having been dumped with the responsibility to maintain the safety of mountains of toxic nuclear waste throughtout their time and onto other future generations, a toxic mess that does nothing for them economically while increasing their vulnerability to many forms of cancer.

-- The term «renewable energy» means energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.

The result is that two - thirds of wind [power] generation is surplus to demand and must be wasted or dissipated either through forced curtailment of hydro and nuclear generation, or by increased exports to Quebec and the United States, generally at low prices.

They include those increasing coal taxes in India (and Korea, where the levy increased to US$ 21 / t in 2015 from US$ 15 / t in 2014); moves being made to a national emissions - trading scheme like those being undertaken in China and Korea» tightening emissions requirements on coal - fired power generation in the U.S. and India; greater regulation of mine waste disposal ponds in Brazil and the U.S; and greater scrutiny of coal mine rehabilitation subsidies and coal company leasing schemes in the U.S.

LONDON, November 28, 2016 — China risks wasting $ 490 billion on new coal plants that will be unneeded as structural changes to its economy, increased non-coal capacity targets, power sector reforms and carbon pricing slashes coal - fired generation, analysis by the Carbon Tracker Initiative finds on Monday.

Here's where I see a glaring gap and potential for a huge increase of hard good sales, which could result in decreased waste generation and costs worldwide: Instead of business as usual with continued global expansion that simultaneously increases profits and global waste, Starbucks has an opportunity to show social and environmental responsibility, increase profits, save money, and generate less waste by promoting branded reusable cups, straws, and cutlery.

A new generation of lawyers are thinking about how to improve the process of lawyering — to increase quality, reduce waste and to reduce the risk of error.

The strain between the different generations drains profits and wastes lawyers» time due to increasing attrition; the headache of recruiting, hiring, training new associates.