Sentences with phrase «of landfill waste»

Every baby wearing disposable diapers may generate as much as one ton of landfill waste before age two.

Oh wait, here's one: I'm shocked, shocked that you are still generating fifteen pounds of landfill waste every month.

Since most children will need approximately 6000 to 7000 diaper changes during the time they are in diapers this can add up to a lot of landfill waste.

I have used them and they do address the issue of convenience, chemicals, and the creation of landfill waste.

It is a top consumer of resources and energy, and a main source of landfill waste.

Among the sustainable features that retail property owners are paying greater attention to today are recycling and environmentally - friendly ways to dispose of landfill waste.

A five - year study found that BioMoGo degrades 50 times faster than the standard midsole in anaerobic conditions, and will save 29.9 million pounds of landfill waste in roughly 20 to 25 years.

Also, disposable baby diapers aren't the greenest way to manage your baby's poop — disposables account for 3.4 million tons of landfill waste per year and don't decompose (since very little breaks down in a landfill, biodegradable or not).

Another commercial cites these statistics about disposables: 80 percent of mothers use disposable diapers today, and few are willing to give them up; 83 percent of mothers surveyed said disposable diapers keep their baby «s skin drier; 80 percent of a disposable diaper is compostable; and diapers represent less than 2 percent of landfill waste today.

At the same time national headlines on childhood obesity, poor nutrition, and the impact of landfill waste were inundating the news.

As just mentioned, your child will probably produce roughly 6000 diapers in the first few years of its life, and every single one of them will end up in the landfill, contributing to the 4.2 million pounds of landfill waste caused every year by diapers.

You'll hear a statistic about the ton of landfill waste likely generated by a baby in disposable diapers in our classes, but you won't hear us giving a mom a guilt trip about her carbon impact.

The regional authority, via a regional commission, sets an average value for the price of landfilled waste, while local waste operators set site - specific gate fees.

If these landfills occupy formerly biologically productive area, then the Footprint of this landfill waste can be calculated as the area used for its long term storage.

Food scraps account for 43 % of the landfilled waste from Alameda County's multi-family residences, releasing emissions equivalent to over 50,000 metric tons of CO2 annually.

Brooks have not gone the full natural material route, but reckon that their «BioMoGo midsoles will decompose 50 times faster, in 20 years instead of 1,000, saving 29.9 million pounds of landfill waste over 20 years.»

The statistics he presented (including those above), were eye - opening to say the least: 34.7 M tons of food goes into landfills each year, making it the largest component of landfill waste.

Corporations would ideally be decreasing their production of landfill waste and increasing their level of recyclable materials, and thus garbage agencies would need to adapt.

Cloth diapers are less expensive and reduce the amount of landfill waste.

According to Kids Konserve,» the amount of trash produced by one child's lunch alone creates 67 pounds of landfill waste in a school year!»

Also, change up your baby's regime with cloth diapers, which, although messier, create much less waste than disposables, which don't decompose and amount to a stunning 4 million tons of landfill waste per year.

They might be messier, but they create much less waste compared with disposables, which don't decompose and amount to a stunning 4 million tons of landfill waste per year.

Diapers, city officials said, represent about 2 percent of the landfill waste.

I was shocked by a statistic Kids Konserve shared with me — «the amount of trash produced by one child's lunch alone creates 67 pounds of landfill waste in a school year!»

(Humans create more than 180 billion pounds of landfill waste each year!)

A family that switched one kid to cloth diapers because of this rebate would prevent about 11.4 tons of landfill waste and save the town a net $ 459 over three years, Ladouceur said.

Think about all of the landfill waste if «trick or treat for plastic» catches on!

Disposable diaper waste accounts for 30 % of our landfill waste and as I attempt to minimize my carbon footprint I knew that this was one way I could do my part.

As of October 2016, the home building facilities diverted more than 16,000 tons of landfill waste and reduced dust by 31 percent.