Sentences with phrase «landfill waste so»

Buying used is a great option because it reduces landfill waste so we turn to that when we can.

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Landfills are a major eyesore and a major methane producer so waste must be minimized at all times, it should also be minimized for the simple reason that it will save you money.

So perhaps it's not a surprise that when he was working on the floor of a Cambridge, Ont., vinyl manufacturer in the early 2000s, he was struck by the sheer quantity of waste foam that the company shipped off to the landfill due to minor defects.

Today, 244 of Walmart Canada's stores send organic waste for composting or anaerobic digestion so it doesn't end up in municipal landfill.

That's a dramatic improvement, but there still remains room for growth, so FMI remain firmly committed to our Alliance's goals to divert food waste from landfills by 1) Reducing the amount of food waste generated, 2) Repurposing through increased donations, and 3) Recycling food waste that can't be avoided.

Whilst recycling, anaerobic digestion, composting and incineration create value from the waste, landfill has no value and so is not a suitable option for the future.

A railroad does not directly touch Big Sky Environmental's landfill, so the company has to transfer waste from the train to trucks in a nearby town.

On top of that, the waste from disposable diapers is not properly treated as sewage, so disposable diapers in landfills can be a breeding ground for viruses.

You'll save yourself so much money by doing this, and you won't be stuffing the landfill full of waste.

It feels good to know that we aren't contributing to the waste in landfills and the soft, brightly colored diapers are so cute on AL..

I'm huge with recycling and reusing so this sounds like such a great idea in an effort to control so much waste in our landfills.

Lined with plastic bags, the so - called rocket boxes could be reused, but after a while landfills refused to accept the bags of waste.

And these birds might soon reroute again: The European Union recently revised landfill rules so that food waste is handled under cover.

Food waste in particular generates a significant amount of the greenhouse gas methane when it's buried in landfills, but not so when composted.

«Putting your food waste in the compost bin can really help reduce methane emissions from landfills, so it's an easy thing to do that can have a big impact,» Brown said.

The countries are aiming to set up a so - called Methane Abatement Facility with pledges of $ 100 million under the auspices of the World Bank to buy and cancel carbon credits, initially from projects that cut emissions at landfill waste sites.

To be successful, we have to provide good service to our wood suppliers, balance the supply coming in with the market for products going out and find customers for every portion of the raw material so none goes to waste or to the landfill.

-- the rest is rendered so it is used and there is not enough landfill space to bury the 100 billion pounds of animal waste rendered ever year.

While I'm excited to hear that the city's plan includes ambitious goals for eliminating landfill, and I'm pragmatic enough to accept that waste - to - energy may be a least - bad temporary solution until we can design for truly cradle - to - cradle manufacture, I'm saddened to see that this announcement — like so many others before it — focuses on waste treatment and management, whereas tackling waste supply — i.e. throwing away less stuff — should always come first.

So there's little doubt that much, much more can be done by most cities to cut waste, and keep precious resources out of landfill.

Councils are unable to accept liquid paint, as liquid wastes are banned from landfill sites, so if you can't use it up or find it a good home by giving it away you will need to harden it before disposal.

So imagine my surprise when I found Milk in a plastic bag in Sainsbury's... Dairy Crestthe suppliers say that a 2 pint milk bag produces 75 % less packaging waste and landfill mass than a standard 2 pint plastic milk bottle.

Remember, zero waste is about keeping everything out of the landfill, so when that old [random item] leaves your house — where does it go if not the landfill?

So what I'm doing to meet local code and respect the land owner is bagging the waste every few weeks into a biodegradable «plastic» bag and then sending it along with the city trash; at that point its essentially like a diaper, but the plastic will break down in a landfill quickly.

The case for diverting paper fiber from the waste stream has been made before but the landfill solution is so easy.

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.

But powerful members of Congress and local government officials, some of whom have documented ties with the waste management industry, worked furiously to have the ban repealed so that proposals to install mega-incinerators and landfills could move forward.

While supervising a recycling and waste disposal program, Wayne Koeckeritz was so bothered by all the food waste destined for the landfill that he did something about it.

By doing so, this reduces the amount of waste going into a landfill and also allows for energy conservation and resources conservation as the recycled products can be used again.

Individuals can only do so much to reduce our dependence on landfilling and waste incineration.

Okay so biodegradable bed pans are neither here nor there when it comes to your health, but seeing as hospitals have quite a large waste stream (not much that you can just trash when it comes to contaminated objects), this is one more way to keep what they can out of local landfills.

So it's little wonder that Australian airline Qantas is about to launch a GB # 200m (about US$ 300m) venture to make biofuels from landfill waste.

Although post-consumer kitchen food scraps represent only a small portion of the overall amount of food waste, 95 % of it is currently being sent to landfills, so being able to convert that into a usable resource at home, or at the very least, in your neighborhood, seems to be a step in the right direction.

For the area, food waste represents about 12 % of the waste stream, and food - contaminated paper another 10 %, so the potential for waste diversion from landfills is huge.

The key is keeping the cost of the system lower than the cost of sending items to the landfill so that waste management companies have an incentive to use it.

Historically, landfills have been the most common methods of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.