Sentences with phrase «much lower environmental impact»

So if those homes can be located in downtowns near main streets in walkable communities, they'll have much lower environmental impact.

So, ultimately, the customer gets a much higher quality product, with a much lower environmental impact.

«The production of Styrofoam cups has a much lower environmental impact than the other two in terms of resource extraction and GHG emissions [but it's often non-recyclable].

Testing shows that the chips can perform just as well as their conventional counterparts, but with a much lower environmental impact.

The Green Guide counters, though, that bamboo still has a much lower environmental impact than pesticide - laden conventional cotton and petroleum - derived nylon and polyester fabrics.

Those interests align with Beyond Meat's mission: to create a plant - based product that looks, tastes, and behaves just like meat but has a much lower environmental impact because it takes livestock — one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions — out of the equation.

Not exact matches

With coal trains already coursing through the Lower Mainland to the much larger Westshore and Neptune terminals, it's not surprising the environmental report behind the port authority's decision found no appreciable impacts on the health of area residents.

Apparently, this translates to «Comments of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on the Department of Energy's Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater - Than - Class - C Low - Level Radioactive Waste» (not much of an improvement, though it makes perfect sense for those In The Know).

This method may be more viable than edible vaccines for two reasons: The tobacco plants see no permanent genetic alteration, which means a much lower risk of an environmental impact, and the vaccines are extracted in a liquid and then administered as injections, meaning no rotten potatoes or unpredictable vaccine doses.

Their low running costs and efficiency can result in heating bills being reduced by as much as 70 %, and also, crucially, reduce the environmental impact considerably.

From an environmental perspective the impact of higher density construction is much lower than low density sprawl as not as much material is required per dwelling unit.

From a vegan standpoint, it would almost certainly make so much more environmental sense to feed those grains direct to humans, rather than pass them through a system of animal husbandry — however local and low impact — and deal with the inevitable nutrient loss that come along with those pesky laws of entropy.

«More and more Quebecers are becoming aware of the environmental impact of buildings and their use, so they're looking for sustainable homes that have a much lower environmental and economical impact over their life cycle,» says Nicolas Ayotte, president and CEO of Via Capitale.