Not exact matches
To date, O'Brien says that Earth Angel has diverted 3,000 tons of
waste from landfills, donated 90 tons of material to local charities, donated 55,000 meals to shelters and food banks, avoided over a million single - use plastic water bottles, and prevented 6,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by using recycled
paper,
limiting transportation emissions, and implementing «Meatless Monday» initiatives.
Reducing
paper waste would be one cost - effective and sustainable way to make funds go further, helping to
limit the impact of cuts on our children's learning.
Anyone who's been to South by Southwest, Austin City
Limits or any of the other big public events in Austin, Texas knows how much
waste, in the form of plastic water bottles, plastic beer cups, and disposable
paper items, gets produced.
Those include, but are not
limited to, managing
paper and
waste ink in zero - G, making fully flat retardant plastics and printing in a whole bunch of different orientations.