Sentences with phrase «of solid waste by»

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Construction is underway for an on - site recycling facility that will safely reprocess all types of Tesla battery cells, modules, and packs for reuse in new cells or non-toxic solid waste by - product.

Polystyrene foodservice packaging — ya know, the stuff we drink our morning coffee out of and what our food comes in when we order takeout — accounts for about 0.4 percent, by weight, of the total one percent of polystyrene products generated in municipal solid waste.

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).

Polystyrene foodservice packaging — you know, the stuff we drink our morning coffee out of and what our food comes in when we order takeout — accounts for about 0.4 percent, by weight, of the total one percent of polystyrene products generated in municipal solid waste.

In 2009, Snyder's of Hanover set a goal to reduce its energy and natural gas usage and greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent each in the next five years, as well as reduce its solid waste by 30 percent in the same period.

The technology — designed to lower investment, operational and maintenance costs in screening of municipal and industrial waste water with compacting of extracted solids — has also cut the amount of maintenance and waste that has to be handled by plant operators, reducing operational health hazards and improving OHS performance.

«These sorts of environmental benefits could also be genuinely beneficial to forward - thinking Australian meat companies looking to reduce their environmental impact, and generate energy from their wastes and by - products, both liquid and solid.

By harnessing both of its organic waste streams — contained in waste water and organic solids — the company is setting world green energy and water purity benchmarks for food processing, says Pascal Pipyn, Executive Vice President, Process and Research and Development for GWE, who represented GWE at the inauguration.

• Source our iconic ingredients sustainably; • Improve the livelihoods of small farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; • Champion equality for women and people of color through supplier diversity programs, educational programs and employee focused initiatives; • Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering our carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.

In 2014 alone, our operations implemented projects that reduced the amount of solid waste sent to landfills by 1,500 tons.

Highlights of these 2025 goals include McCormick's commitments to: — Source 100 percent of branded iconic ingredients sustainably; — Improve the livelihoods of 90 percent of smallholder farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; — Champion equality for women and people of color in leadership, and empower women farmers across the company's supply chain; and — Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering its carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

Little did I know at the time, you are supposed to dispose of solid waste the same way for disposables as you must for cloth diapers; by dumping it in the toilet before washing or throwing the diapers away.

Consequently, many of the local municipalities in Ulster County requested that the Ulster County government assume the responsibility for solid waste management, and the Agency was created by the New York State Legislature pursuant to Chapter 936 of the Public Authorities Law approved December of 1986.

The de Blasio administration has set the highly ambitious goal of sending zero solid waste to landfills by 2030 — only 13 years away.

The facility would burn 2,600 tons of solid municipal waste brought in by truck and or rail each day, and produce what proponents call «clean electricity.»

We are a Board comprised of solid waste management industry, waste reduction and diversion consultants, sustainability professionals, and concerned citizens, appointed by the Manhattan Borough President's Office.

«If approved, this proposal [to not fund the new transfer stations] almost exclusively concentrates the burden of handling NYC's solid waste in a handful of low - income communities of color in Brooklyn and the Bronx — yet again,» it said in a press release sent out by the New York Environmental Justice Alliance.

In recent months, the Southold Town Board has been negotiating an agreement with Brookhaven Town for use of its upgraded solid waste facility, where the combined recyclables could be sorted by machine.

Because of my knowledge of health care, solid waste, energy and the environment — issues that are currently being considered by the legislature — I was actively recruited by people from both major parties and beyond to run for Ulster County legislator from District 19 to represent the people of Rosendale, High Falls and Stone Ridge.

The association has managed to reduce daily water consumption by 39 % since 2007, while nearly half of all solid waste generated in the building is now being recycled, reported AAAS Building Manager Robert Zayas.

But he is encouraged by a study commissioned by an automakers» consortium showing that the thermal conversion process could be a solution to one of America's most vexing solid waste problems: the unholy mix of plastics and other leftovers from automobile metals recycling (see «Junkyard Oil,» below).

However, in July 2017, China announced big changes in the quality control placed on imported materials, notifying the World Trade Organisation that it will ban imports of 24 categories of recyclables and solid waste by the end of the year.

Like those who were pondering these problems a century ago, we are still in search of an affordable alchemy that turns solid waste into an inert, hazard - free, usable by - product such as bricks or glass.

By linking worldwide data on solid waste, population density, and economic status, we estimated the mass of land - based plastic waste entering the ocean.

A meeting was called of citizen groups and individuals in early 2002 as a result of shared problems and concerns regarding the approval of several solid waste and hazardous waste landfills by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in 2001 and 2002.

The discussion will be contextualized by the global scenary of solid waste management and the implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals, focusing the question of solid waste and social development as priorities on the debate of cooperation for development and public policies for the next 15 years.

Many of the 40 or so gathered at the Volusia County solid waste transfer station spent more than two hours hissing and snarling at each other.And there wasn't even one cat in the room.The county's animal control board workshop Tuesday was supposed to be about finding ways to solve the feral, or wild, cat problem, but all the dirty looks and snide comments that criss - crossed the room made it seem more like a feline version of American Gladiators.One opinion - represented by animal services / control, humane societies, health department workers and citizens - seemed to be that the county's trapping and destroying of feral cats is the most humane way of dealing with the overpopulation.

With a regular litter box using crystal litter, you'd have to scoop the solid waste out of the box regularly, and rake the remaining crystals by hand.

(3) Drugs which do not pose a problem for environmental hazard or are not controlled drugs may be disposed of in a sanitary, non-offensive manner by means of regular solid waste disposal methods.

Based on the just released Low Carbon Fuel Standard prepared by the University of California for the Governor, «regular» gasoline as a value of 85 — 92 g CO2 eq / MJ, while natural gas has a value of ~ 80 g CO2 eq / MJ, electricity in California has an average value of 27 g CO2 eq / MJ (when used to drive an electric vehicle), and cellulosic ethanol derived from municipal solid waste is ~ 5 g CO2 eq / MJ.

Andy: I sent you a pretty detailed essay on how to get the UGLY out of water by appling the pyrolysis process that will destroy germs, toxics and drugs to organic wastes and separated sewage solids.

By doing so, the city could provide the nation's greatest test case for the economics of converting municipal solid waste to electricity, heat, reclaimed metals and the rest could be spun into rock wool to provide cheap insulation material.

Biodegradable corn plastic cups and seed paper sleeves were available and the campaign's signage was read by all waiting in line, stating: Switching from a disposable to a reusable mug can save 9 million trees a year, 5.7 billion gallons of water and eliminate 363 million pounds of solid waste from landfill.

This proposes expansion of the CDM's Programme of Activities approach to enable aggregation of city - based GHG mitigation reductions broadly covered by five sectors: energy, transport, solid waste, water and wastewater, and urban forestry.

The farm's owners knew that restoring the composting operation using a more efficient, multi-stage solids - separating system was the best way to take full advantage of the nutrients in the waste stream while significantly reducing the environmental threat posed by manure decomposition and nutrient run - off, but needed investment to install the new equipment.

In testimony before a Congressional Subcommittee, the Ohio Director of the State of Environmental Protection Agency in 2003 made the following observations, (23)... «With the passage of Ohio's comprehensive solid waste law, H.B. 592, in 1988, Ohio took a proactive step to responsibly manage Ohio's waste by assuring in - state disposal capacity, at state of the art facilities, for solid waste generated in Ohio, and setting state recycling goals.

... - based on information provided by states - revealed that 250 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) were generated annually.

The manure separation process removes 50 % of the manure solids and reduces the total waste volume by 20 %.

Bioenergy refers to sources of energy (electricity and solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels) derived from biomass: plant - or animal - based materials such as crops, crop residues, trees, animal fats, by - products, and wastes.

Wood, Wood Waste, Other Solid Waste: Covers purpose - grown energy crops (poplar, willow etc.), a multitude of woody materials generated by an industrial process (wood / paper industry in particular) or provided directly by forestry and agriculture as well as wastes such as straw, rice husks, crushed grape dregs etc..

As of 2010, 3.5 million tons of solid waste were generated per day and will rise to 6 million tons by 2025.

Driven by state and federal mandates, recycling and composting of municipal solid waste has increased dramatically during the past decade.

These include making renewable energy carriers available on - site by using more electricity and district heating instead of fossil fuels for processes, using more environmentally - friendly materials for lower emissions in production (e.g. recycled steel, and solid wood), better thinking around transport of surplus masses (soil / rock / gravel), and improved waste management and recycling.

«(ii) electricity generated through the incineration of municipal solid waste owned by an electric utility or sold under contract or rate order to an electric utility to meet the needs of the retail customers of the utility;

In a nutshell, it does say that we can dispose of our solid waste in compost bins (although he recommends letting it sit for two years — this is probably because in the cooler Canadian climate things may not break down as fast, and also, by the author's admission, it includes a very, very wide safety margin).

From the book «Grabbing Power: The New Struggles for Land, Food and Democracy in Northern Honduras» by Tanya M Kerssen: «Palm oil manufacturing generates three main kinds of waste: solid waste (fibers, shells and empty fruit bunches); liquid waste (generated in the oil extraction process); and air emissions (smoke from boilers and incinerators).

Chinese law on the control of solid wastes explicitly bans imports of solid wastes that can not be used as raw materials or be recycled by harmless means.

In 2003, Ismawati and Bali Fokus, in cooperation with a local Rotary Club, initiated a solid waste management program with Temesi Village in Gianyar, Bali consisting of a waste management facility owned and operated by the village itself.

In addition, part of the solid waste that is created by uneaten food or microbial byproducts is converted into methane and used as biofuel, says Zohar.