Sentences with phrase «of waste gasses»

I've tried to raise awareness of the irresponsibility of greenhouse emissions by comparing the dumping of waste gasses into the atmosphere to dumping rubbish on roadsides.

A lot of this pollution was «fugitive» emissions — leaks from valves, flanges, tiny holes in pipes, and incomplete combustion of waste gasses in the plants» flares.

And even in the absence of a continental regulatory imperative, properly disposing of waste gas is, increasingly, just good business.

Add these hidden costs of lost productivity (Chicago: US$ 1.3 billion) to the figures of wasted gas and time (Chicago: US$ 4.3 billion), and the city totals get very large, very fast.

Flaring - Open air burning of waste gases and volatile liquids, through a chimney, at oil wells or rigs, in refineries or chemical plants and at landfills.

Positioned at the bottom of the vacuum vessel, the divertor controls the exhaust of waste gas and impurities from the reactor and withstands the highest surface heat loads of the ITER machine.

So you might expect that the oceans will amplify the greenhouse warming, absorbing less of the waste gas when it gets warmer and leaving more of it in the air to warm the Earth.

Not exact matches

Helping industrial clients safely burn methane and other waste gases — the main byproducts being CO2 and water — has been the focus of Questor's business since 1994.

There, wells and communities are often in close proximity, and pushback from locals has all but banned the practices of flaring (burning atop a standing pipe) and venting waste gas straight into the atmosphere.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said that the environmental impacts can include greenhouse gas emissions, the production of solid waste — some of which may be hazardous — and the use of water resources.

In addition to representing 17 percent of the total waste stream, food decomposing in landfills produces methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more harmful than carbon dioxide.

Oklahoma was shaken late Wednesday night by two of the strongest earthquakes to hit the state in recent years, the latest in a series of temblors that many researchers believe are caused by the burial of wastes from oil and gas drilling in the state.

Nothing I did for the rest of the trip was nearly as difficult — not hooking up or draining the waste tanks, not fixing a bad connection on the water hose, not even pulling into a crowded gas station (the thing about having a really big car towing a really big, shiny trailer is that people tend to see you, and maybe take pity, and certainly get out of your way)-- and nothing left me with such a giddy glow in the aftermath, even after I learned I'd pulled in a little bit catawampus, and our trailer listed slightly to the left.

Among the rules that BLM plans to delay until January 2019 are requirements that oil and gas producers submit plans to cut waste, measure and report gas flared from wells and dispose of gas that reaches the surface during drilling and well completion.

Food - X helps Walmart fulfill last mile home delivery and — through shared warehousing and consolidation of orders — reduces waste, truck trips and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

In 2014, Unilever issued a «green bond,» offering clarity and transparency around the use of proceeds, including a set of clearly defined criteria on greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste disposal for the projects funded.

By: Nadine James 16th September 2016 To facilitate the gasification of low - grade fine waste coal that is discarded as a by - product of coal processing, State - owned mineral research council Mintek is developing the concept of direct current (dc) arc plasma gasification, intending to produce a synthesis gas (syngas) that could be used... →

In short, any discrepancy between the fuel card transactions and the gas mileage recorded by your fleet tracking systems, which may indicate fraudulent activity and wasting of fuel, could easily be detected.

«Reducing food waste benefits communities by sending less food to landfill, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the resources required to meet food demand, and enhancing food security,» said Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer, Wal - Mart Stores, Inc., and president of the Walmart Foundation.

A third of all food produced in the world goes to waste and there is a huge amount of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions that goes into producing and transporting that food.

Once wasted food reaches landfills, it produces methane, a gas with 21 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide.

«Up to 40 percent of the U.S. food supply goes wasted; it costs the U.S. $ 165 billion annually; contributes to 14 percent of domestic greenhouse gas emissions; and is the No. 1 material reaching landfills,» he explains.

The more I read, the more I learned about food waste, the rising costs of obesity in America, and the greenhouse gas emissions produced by raising, manufacturing, storing, and transporting food.

Actions include setting and updating sustainability goals, improving the sustainability profile of their packaging, reducing solid waste generation, greenhouse gas emissions and consumption of water and power, supporting environmental organizations and adopting corporate social responsibility initiatives to improve the plight of the neediest among us.Read More >

We believe we are truly giving back to the earth by turning waste into something productive, and we are also decreasing the amount of CO2 gases discharged in the air.»

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.

Food loss and waste also contributes to climate change, accounting for about 8 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions.

WHEREAS compostable coffee pods help keep food waste out of landfill, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and

Even if 60 % of agriculture would convert to organic farming, concentrated feed were reduced by 50 % and food waste by 50 %, it would result in a food system with significantly decreased environmental impacts, including lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, and only a marginal increase in agricultural land area.

When disposed of in landfill, food waste has other environmental impacts such as the production of greenhouse gas emissions.

The COHRAL ™ at Oakey Beef Exports» Abattoir on Queensland's Darling Downs extracts green energy biogas from its waste water streams to replace millions of dollars» worth of natural gas previously consumed at the abattoir.

Greenhouse gases created by the food system — including production, distribution, and waste — are responsible for one - third of global emissions.

We set ambitious targets under Amcor's internal EnviroAction programme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste - to - landfill, and have active waste management plans in place in all of our sites.

When food waste decomposes in a landfill, it generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.

The COHRAL (TM) Covered High Rate Anaerobic Lagoon at Oakey Abattoir on Queensland's Darling Downs will extract green energy biogas from its waste water streams to replace millions of dollars worth of natural gas currently consumed at the abattoir.

It contains 90 % coffee by weight, with diversion of this nitrogen - rich food from landfills and the recycling stream supporting achievement of waste diversion and greenhouse - gas targets;

And lost and wasted food consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

«If food loss and waste were a country, it would be the third - largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world,» said Dr. Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute.

If food waste was a country it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases globally after China and the US.

And food waste causes 8 % of human - produced greenhouse gas emissions.

«In particular, instead of electricity or natural gas we plan to use waste heat or biogas generated from anaerobic digestion to bake our dog biscuits.

Food loss and waste costs the global economy US$ 940 billion per year, and generates around 8 % of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Food waste is also responsible for adding 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases into the planet's atmosphere per year.

Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about one - quarter of all water used by agriculture each year, requires cropland area the size of China to be grown, and generates about eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Diverting food waste from landfills also reduces the generation of harmful gases that contribute to climate change.

We have implemented a universal process to achieve our sustainability goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, solid landfill waste and water consumption.

FAO estimates that annually the loss and waste adds up to US$ 940 billion and about eight per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Food waste today is responsible for around 8pc of global greenhouse gas emissions — if it were a country, food waste would be the world's third - largest emitter, after China and the USA.

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Walmart recently announced that as part of moves to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas from its supply chain by the end of 2015, it is demanding stricter quality and environmental standards from its Chinese suppliers, and is looking at factories» air emissions and management disposal of hazardous waste.