Sentences with phrase «landfill waste continues»
«The trend towards reducing landfill waste continues as companies are more socially and ecologically conscious,» he explains.
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«We look forward to working with our Members and Metro Vancouver on building an integrated solid waste management plan that will continue to increase diversion from landfill, maximize recycling rates, and harnesses the competitive power of the private sector,» he added.
We continue to have more confidence in the metrics we are using to evaluate our progress and recently started tracking our progress on a quarterly basis using three metrics: tonnes of food waste per sales, percentage of food waste recycled (i.e., diverted from landfill), and tonnes of food donated.
«The OBB study offers a roadmap for an optimized system that would yield significant material recovery and lessen landfill waste,» Bragg continued.
The latest construction industry waste figures show that the industry is continuing to make good progress with regard to reducing the amount of construction and demolition waste going to landfill, even allowing for the decline in construction activity due to the recession.
With closures of existing landfills on the horizon and waste management a continuing concern, Albany and Saratoga Counties have announced a multi-million dollar partnership to build a new biosolid waste facility.
In addition, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation continues to permit fracking waste to come across the borders from Pennsylvania into our landfills.
Moreover, 25.8 million tonnes of plastics ended up in the rubbish, of which 30.8 % completed their life cycle in landfills because this continues to be the first option for waste management in many EU countries.
Bottled water wastes fossil fuels in both production and transport, and the plastic bottles continue to end up in our landfills.
Only 25 to 30 percent of waste goes to landfill; the rest is composted and recycled, though food waste continues to be a big problem.
However, there is still a lot of room for improvement on this as waste continues piling up in our nation's landfills.
Before trying to determine the contents of the waste stream and the feasibility of diversion the author explores the historical basis of landfilling and why it continues today to be the method of choice.
Trying to determine the contents of the waste stream one finds the need first to understand what is involved in landfilling and why it continues to be the method of choice.
In addition, the agency's voluntary domestic programs continue to promote opportunities for industry to cost - effectively reduce methane emissions from landfills, oil and gas systems, coal mines, and agricultural waste.
If current production and waste management trends continue, roughly 12,000 metric tons of plastic waste will be in landfills or in the natural environment by 2050.