Sentences with phrase «municipal solid waste recycling»
U.S. communities and states that have implemented alternatives to extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies are achieving high municipal solid waste recycling rates at reasonable costs, while also addressing a wider spectrum of the waste stream than narrowly - focused EPR mandates, according to a new study conducted by consulting firm SAIC for the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).
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Unwanted cell phones, televisions, PCs (including desktops, laptops, portables and computer monitors), computer peripherals (including printers, scanners and fax machines), computer mouses and keyboards amounted to more than 1.9 million tons of solid municipal waste in the U.S.; of that, more than 1.5 million tons were dumped primarily into landfills, whereas the rest was recycled, the EPA says.
Check with your municipal solid - waste or environmental protection department to find out whether commercial recycling is mandated.
It provides resource management expertise and services to residential, commercial, municipal and industrial customers, primarily in the areas of solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling and organics services.
«(iii) in the case of the combustion, pyrolization, or gasification of municipal solid waste, a certification that each local government unit from which such waste originates operates, participates in the operation of, contracts for, or otherwise provides for, recycling services for its residents.
After landfilling, recycling is the most common method of waste management in the United States with 21 % of municipal solid...
Driven by state and federal mandates, recycling and composting of municipal solid waste has increased dramatically during the past decade.
After landfilling, recycling is the most common method of waste management in the United States with 21 % of municipal solid waste (MSW) processed at recycling facilities and 64 % sent to landfills.
Consider that 20 years ago, 217 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) were generated and 58.6 million tons — 27 percent — were recycled or composted.
It includes information on municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery and landfilling.
Maine is tied with four other states for the highest percentage of energy consumption from renewable resources and has the highest percentage of recycled solid municipal waste of the 50 states.