Sentences with phrase «off plant waste»
To find out, researchers first imagined a world in which cattle lived only off plant waste and grass — not crops planted specially for them.
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«Sometimes we find reefs that are doing very, very well in places that you would least expect to find them,» says Gates — such as a reef off Taiwan that lies below the waste - water outfall pipe of a nuclear power plant and experiences temperature fluctuations of between 6 °C and 8 °C per day.
Norway and Sweden are worried about the threat posed by radioactive leaks from sunken nuclear - powered submarines and nuclear waste off the Kola Peninsula, as well as the safety of the nuclear plants there.
Methanogenic microbes are easier to use and live off of animal and plant wastes making them GHG neutral.
Fish produce waste rich in nitrates and ammonia, both of which need to be removed from their environment, while plants thrive off the substances.
Volkswagen starts off the year setting a goal to reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing plants 25 % by 2018, cutting energy use, limiting waste and trimming emissions.
When it comes to America and goes on sale at an as yet undetermined price, the 2015 e-Golf will represent a factory once written off as uncompetitive and a company in the midst of transformation, determined to reduce energy use and material waste in its plants, to use lightweight, hot - formed steel wherever possible, and to scrape away every gram of excess metal from engine components for better efficiency.
Constructed wetlands are artificial filtration wetlands, which provide critical animal and plant habitat as well as mitigate impacts of waste water and storm water run - off.
Explains that pipes and pressure vessels inside nuclear power plants give off significant amounts of waste heat, with temperatures reaching up to 55C (131F)- not very comfortable for maintenance workers who are swathed in radiation protection gear and doing repair work.
It stands to reason that a new fleet of nuclear plants must incorporate a solution to the waste problem well before they get off the drawing board.
All LivingHomes are built by Plant Prefab, which uses off - site production and a patented building system to construct custom homes faster and typically with less cost and construction waste.