In this way, their procedure, if expanded to commercial scale, could alleviate stress
on municipal waste infrastructures at the same time as producing commercially viable materials that do not constrain food supplies.
Not exact matches
Run by radicals for approximately twenty years, Berkeley has experienced the virtual ruin of its public school system, a vastly increased
municipal bureaucracy, a greatly diminished housing stock (thanks to stringent rent controls and other restrictions
on property rights), increased crime and drug abuse, widespread corruption, and wholesale
waste of public funds.
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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.
EU Parliament votes in favor of
waste legislation package; 2030 recycling targets set at 60 % for
municipal waste and 70 % for packaging; manufacturers to make information
on SVHC content in products available to public
«In Växjö, the greenest city in Europe, we strive to produce meals with a lower effect
on the environment in
municipal kitchens by purchasing locally produced and ecological foodstuffs, reduce
waste, increase the proportion of vegetables and adapt menus to the season.»
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.
Landfill remaining the main destination for
municipal waste disposal (46 percent of total
waste is landfilled
on average according to environmental NGOs) despite considerable policy effort by EU authorities to increase
waste separation and deter
waste production at the source.
If this were the case, then those of us who live in less salubrious areas wouldn't have the
municipal dump or
waste incinerators
on our doorsteps.
As a result, rainwater bounces off and collects as runoff, picking up impurities — including infectious bacteria from animal
waste as well as harmful pesticides and fertilizers —
on the way to
municipal storm sewers, which in turn eventually empty out into local bodies of water.
The Obama Administration opened up the throttle
on biofuel research today, announcing plans to pour $ 786 million into new ways to convert corn, wood, grass, and
municipal waste into fuel for America's cars.
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.
One of the first analyses of laws banning disposal of electronic
waste (e-
waste) in
municipal landfills has found that state e-
waste recycling bans have been mostly ineffective, although California's Cell Phone Recycling Act had a positive impact
on cell phone recycling.
It's a common process for reducing
municipal waste on Earth.
On the other you have dirty water that contains plastics, hormones and all sorts of other human and industrial
waste, much of which can not be filtered out by
municipal water treatment facilities.
Interest
on municipal bonds is not taxed by the federal government, so it's a
waste to hold them in tax - advantaged account.
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.
For the record, I have given up flying (and all ff - powered long - distance travel), most driving and meat eating... and have worked
on every level (family, work,
municipal, state, national, international — though the last I mostly leave to my bro who, as head of a major international NGO, is better positioned to influence international entities) to push them to move rapidly to low or no emissions and low or no emissions
waste, and at great risk to relationships and to my professional career.
The smallest subsidies
on a per unit basis were for coal, natural gas and petroleum liquids, and
municipal solid
waste, all at less than $ 0.45 per megawatthour of generation.»
This category includes some level of forest and agriculture residues left behind after harvest (some need to remain
on the ground to maintain soil fertility); timber processing
wastes including sawdust and «black liquor;» and any unused manure, urban wood
waste,
municipal organic
waste, and landfill methane.
Municipal authorities increasingly understand the role (intra - and peri --RRB- urban farmers can play in environmental management (like the recycling of urban
wastes, urban stormwater management, lowering urban temperatures and dust, maintaining urban biodiversity) while innovative farmers in and around cities are offering nowadays a variety of recreational services (staying
on farm, horse riding, etcetera), playing a role in maintaining the cultural landscape and other services (e.g.,
on farm care for elderly people or with people with a psychological, eco-education,...) in response to the demands of citizens and city region managers.
... - based
on information provided by states - revealed that 250 million tons of
municipal solid
waste (MSW) were generated annually.
-- The term «qualified
waste - to - energy» means energy from the combustion of post-recycled
municipal solid
waste, or from the gasification or pyrolization of such
waste and the combustion of the resulting gas at the same facility, if the owner or operator of the facility generating electricity from the energy provides to the Commission,
on an annual basis --
«Reinstate the authority of municipalities to calculate development charges based
on the true cost of growth for infrastructure and services, including roads; culture, parks and recreation;
municipal offices; water, wastewater,
waste and recycling; health care and health promotion; and any other downloaded services.»
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.
The fans also sit
on top of a
municipal waste disposal company, where the incineration process produces a lot of heat.
Though probably not front and center
on their agenda, implementing progressive solutions to managing
municipal waste directly addresses several of the local and national energy and environmental resolutions proposed by mayors across the country.
It includes information
on municipal solid
waste (MSW) generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery and landfilling.
To aid researchers, EPA hosts a collection of historic tables
on municipal solid
waste generation in America, as well as related scoping studies and research memos.
Indeed, we see solar power
on construction sites and other road signs, creating electricity at public parking lots or in electric vehicle charging stations, or helping to compact garbage in
municipal waste bins (see the examples here and here).
This article reviews the state of the art
on municipal solid
waste management in a sample of developing countries and rapidly growing regions.
I consider the impacts of the LCFS policy
on four pathways of RNG production: (1) dairy manure, (2)
municipal solid
waste, (3) wastewater treatment plants, and (4) landfill gas.
Practice head Georgie Messent specialises in the
waste sector and in 2016 assisted
waste companies both in relation to litigation, including a significant nuisance action, as well as
on various transactional matters; in one example of the latter, Messent acted for Cory Environmental Group and its fund managers
on the sale of its
municipal waste business, Cory Environmental Municipal Services, to Biffa Waste
municipal waste business, Cory Environmental
Municipal Services, to Biffa Waste
Municipal Services, to Biffa
Waste Services.
Adam Schurle works with energy developers, owners and investors
on wind, solar, geothermal,
municipal solid
waste and biomass, and other renewable energy projects, helping them qualify for federal, state and local tax incentives.
Second, it reduces potentially toxic runoff into city sewers, which reduces the volume of water and overall wear
on city infrastructure and also reduces the environmental impact of
municipal waste water.
The lawsuit claimed that the brokerage had failed to disclose the presence of a former
municipal solid -
waste disposal site and hazardous materials
on the required disclosure form.
One of the costs you'll have is the property tax you'll pay, which could include property tax, school tax,
municipal taxes,
waste and recycling tax, HOA fees, as well as any potential income tax
on your rental income.