Sentences with phrase «municipal waste stream»

In in 2009, more than 6.6 billion pounds of e-waste was generated in the U.S., making it the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the country.

The 2006 Waste Characterization Study identifies the major constituents in the municipal waste stream.

In the municipal waste stream, plastic and Styrofoam comprise about 19 % of the volume, and therefore 19 % of the cost of national solid waste management.

not to defend them, but disposables compromise only 1 % of the municipal waste stream.

Disposable diapers may make up only 1 % of the municipal waste stream, but, most of the harm disposable diapers do to the environment is actually in their production — not disposal.

Not exact matches

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).

This National Waste Policy builds on earlier commitments and responds to the new waste environment, the policy covers wastes, including hazardous wastes and substances, in the municipal, commercial and industrial, construction and demolition waste streams and covers gaseous, liquid and solid wastes.

Wegner: Clearly, the use of multiple materials and light weighting of flexible packaging has challenged the current infrastructures and technologies of our municipal solid waste streams.

The Global Water Engineering (GWE) anaerobic digestion technologies — to be featured on Stand S9 — extract biogas from virtually any biological waste stream, including municipal food wastes from restaurants, food service facilities, grocery stores, and municipal solid waste, as well as organic wastes from industrial processing facilities, food and beverage plants and agribusinesses.

Incinerated municipal solids and other waste streams results in a significant amount of ash residue, which often contains valuable metals.

One facility in Utashinai, Japan, has been doing just that since 2003, using plasma — an electrically induced stream of hot, charged particles — to process up to 220 tons of municipal solid waste a day.

For example, if the evidence shows that effluents from municipal water treatment, from animal manure, or from pharmaceutical manufacturing plants are selecting for antibiotic resistant bacteria in the environment, that may justify treatment of such waste streams prior to application on croplands.

It's exciting to see a major brand working to supplement municipal recycling programs and to take responsibility for its entire product line and waste stream.

The Environmental Protection Agency's Web site states: «Yard trimmings and food residuals together constitute 24 percent of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream.»

Once removed from a building, they often become part of the municipal solid waste stream and contribute to air, land, and water contamination.

In addition to this, yard trimmings and food waste, combined, make up 24 percent of our nation's municipal solid waste stream.

Industrial activities currently generate nearly 7.6 billion tons of solid waste in the U.S. each year, 3,000 % of the total municipal waste generated by Americans annually; on the other hand, electronic waste is currently the fastest growing solid waste stream, growing two to three times faster than any other waste stream.