As just mentioned, your child will probably produce roughly 6000 diapers in the first few years of its life, and every single one of them will end up in the landfill, contributing to the 4.2 million pounds of
landfill waste caused every year by diapers.
Not exact matches
We are living in an enormous fabric of life, where anti-poverty measures may create new pressures
caused by excess consumption; where methane emissions increase if we eat more beef or throw food
waste in a
landfill; where drought leads to forest fires and more carbon; where marginalizing women makes communities less resilient.
We focus on four things for this — carefully planning quantities, giving any wastage from the delis to local community
causes, using leftover veg in other dishes, and using companies that turn
waste into fertilisers rather than just adding it to
landfill.
The FWRA's mission is to reduce the volume of food
waste sent to
landfill by addressing the root
causes of
waste, and securing pathways to donate or recycle unavoidable food
waste.
«The primary objective of the Food
Waste Reduction Alliance is to reduce the volume of food
waste sent to
landfill by addressing the root
causes of
waste, and securing pathways to donate safe food or recycle it for use elsewhere.
Its mission is to reduce the volume of food
waste sent to
landfill by addressing the root
causes of
waste, and securing pathways to donate or recycle unavoidable food
waste.
The disposal of conventional paints
causes landfill and groundwater contamination, whereas low - and zero - VOC paints are not considered hazardous
waste materials.
Breaking the
Waste Cycle When avid cyclist and Cycle Dog president Lynette Fidrych recognized the
waste caused by her used bicycle inner tubes was simply
causing more
landfill buildup, she repurposed the material as backing on dog collars.