Sentences with phrase «on packaging waste»

If you're on a health kick, finding it hard to cram enough fruit and veg into your day or you just want to cut down on packaging waste, maybe it's time to invest in a juicer.

Seek second - hand items in order to cut down on packaging waste.

Two additional episodes will follow in December and January, again featuring conversations with UC scientists, researchers and sustainability experts about everything from making environmentally friendly dietary choices to cutting down on packaging waste.

If you're buying for yourself or looking to cut down on packaging waste, this is a great option.

I've been making a lot of granola; it's easy and economical to make from scratch and saves on packaging waste.

I love the idea of cutting back on packaging waste.

The workshop will be preceded by seminars on packaging waste, measuring packaging impacts, sustainable materials, and closing packaging loops.

Not exact matches

In part to reduce packaging waste, A&W started serving breakfast on real plates with metal cutlery a few years ago.

From the collection and packaging of waste materials and management of satellite accumulation areas, to complete in - plant cleaning or running your RCRA treatment processes — Clean Harbors on - site staffs are solely dedicated to servicing your site by leveraging all of our capabilities and developing the safest and most cost - effective solutions for our customers.

Their study found that Americans waste 160 billion pounds of food each year — often because of simple misunderstandings about expiration dates: Many Americans refuse to consume food after the dates on packaging passes, even though in many cases, the dates have nothing to do with food safety.

I added some ketchup and a spoonful of sugar, and that helped, but I am not wasting good meat on the packaged stuff again.

Mary Del Ciancio, from the Canadian Packaging Magazine, commented on the PurPod100: «This is a win - win for consumers who get to enjoy the coffee they love, the convenience of being able to compost the entire pod, and the peace of mind knowing that waste isn't going to a landfill.»

While many food companies focus on improving sustainability purely from the perspective of the amount of packaging and the materials used, ConAgra Foods understands that the biggest threat to sustainability in the United States actually comes from wasted food, Tavill says.

By utilizing the most appropriate packaging for the products, she says, ConAgra Foods reduces waste in other ways that add up to a more sustainable approach than focusing on the amount of packaging alone.

«When farms sign on for verification, we create case studies applying the 5P's to eight separate categories of sustainability: pest management, good employee practices, soil treatments, climate / energy, water, waste, packaging and community support.

The amount of time, effort and resources that go into making food that is simply thrown away due to spoilage or staleness is a larger waste than packaging, she says, and as such the company's efforts have been focused on optimization of packaging rather than simply reducing the amount of packaging used.

The types of investments companies made include: quantifying and monitoring food loss and waste, training staff on practices to reduce waste, changing food storage and handling processes, changing packaging to extend shelf - life and changing date labels.

Finally, we encourage our customers to minimize paper waste by offering a five - cent - per - loaf discount when they forgo all packaging on bread they purchase in our shops.

Important functionalities of food packaging in the fight against food waste are displayed on the box.

Is it faster set - up times on the packaging line to minimize the amount of product and packaging waste?

On the sustainability front, our high - performance materials help minimize packaging, lower shipping costs through weight reduction and downgauging, and help reduce waste and food spoilage.

FPA has many advocacy priorities including ensuring the flexible packaging industry is represented in legislative and NGO discussions on solid waste management, material composition transparency, sustainability, the role of packaging in reducing food waste, and food safety issues.

Section 6.7 and Section 8.3 of the FLW Standard provides guidance on excluding the weight of packaging from the amount of lost and wasted food.

During the World Ski Championships, a variety of products and solutions based on renewable raw materials will be show casted, such as wood for temporary buildings, carton board packaging, paper, effective waste management systems, and renewable materials for arenas.

The former Environment Protection and Heritage Council agreed to commence a Packaging Impacts Regulation Impacts Statement (RIS) process on 5 July 2010, to investigate a number of national approaches to managing packaging waste and litter rPackaging Impacts Regulation Impacts Statement (RIS) process on 5 July 2010, to investigate a number of national approaches to managing packaging waste and litter rpackaging waste and litter reduction.

Peter Clarke, founder and CEO of Product Ventures, spoke on the future of package design and challenges to incorporate innovation, sustainability and cost / waste reduction.

targeted overview presentations on the current state of play and innovative policy and development project options around: on - farm losses; postharvest, packaging, transport and processing of food; and the management and re-use of waste

TORONTO, Canada, Oct. 2, 2014 — As DuPont Packaging Global Marketing Director Yasmin Siddiqi finished her keynote address on opening day of the PAC Packaging Consortium's «A Day in the Life» symposium, she posed a question to the 150 or so packaging professionals in attendance: «What's holding back our efforts to reduce food wastPackaging Global Marketing Director Yasmin Siddiqi finished her keynote address on opening day of the PAC Packaging Consortium's «A Day in the Life» symposium, she posed a question to the 150 or so packaging professionals in attendance: «What's holding back our efforts to reduce food wastPackaging Consortium's «A Day in the Life» symposium, she posed a question to the 150 or so packaging professionals in attendance: «What's holding back our efforts to reduce food wastpackaging professionals in attendance: «What's holding back our efforts to reduce food waste?»

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

Descriptions of those breakthroughs — which range from packaging that has enabled our current «on - the - go» lifestyle to centralized processing and packaging of meat that reduced waste and kept meat fresh longer — can be found online here.

Smurfit Kappa's sustainability report, which measures year - on - year progress with a focus on five priority areas (Forest, Climate Change, Water, Waste and People), shows that over the past ten years the packaging giant has also achieved a significant reduction in the amount of waste sent to landfill and has invested $ 60 million in water treatment plants.

We are building on progress at our production sites to reduce landfill waste, and plan to work more closely with supply partners to ensure that all the packaging we receive can be recycled.

On 26th September at the PPMA Show Packaging Europe's Tim Sykes will be chairing a session with Dr Forbes McDougall, Veolia's head of Circular Economy and previously head of global waste at P&G, on sustainable food and drink packaging and the circular economOn 26th September at the PPMA Show Packaging Europe's Tim Sykes will be chairing a session with Dr Forbes McDougall, Veolia's head of Circular Economy and previously head of global waste at P&G, on sustainable food and drink packaging and the circularPackaging Europe's Tim Sykes will be chairing a session with Dr Forbes McDougall, Veolia's head of Circular Economy and previously head of global waste at P&G, on sustainable food and drink packaging and the circular economon sustainable food and drink packaging and the circularpackaging and the circular economy.

Those nine areas are focused on agriculture (carbon farming), increasing energy efficiency, reducing food waste, eliminating commodity - driven deforestation, reducing the climate impact of packaging, advocating for responsible policies, committing to 100 percent renewable power, reducing short - lived climate pollutant emissions and transportation - related emissions.

Don't waste your money or your taste buds on packaged pita chips, make your own.

Other papers by Sealed Air and Earth 911 focused on the role of packaging in waste reduction and food packaging recyclability.

«Retailers are leading the way in helping customers minimise waste through measures such as reducing the weight of packaging and providing consistent on - pack information,» said Bob Gordon, head of environment at the BRC and director of On - Pack Recycling Label Ltdon - pack information,» said Bob Gordon, head of environment at the BRC and director of On - Pack Recycling Label LtdOn - Pack Recycling Label Ltd..

WRAP has previously raised the issue of packaging labelling in the fight against food waste, with the organisation estimating in February 2017 that nearly # 1 billion of food waste could be saved through changes to labelling, before seeking views on draft guidance for labelling in July.

talk about skewing the stats to fit your own conclusions... this is like a slap in the face to every real Arsenal fan... have you no shame, have you no dignity, have you no sense of right from wrong... if you think everything was so well orchestrated why is everyone and their brother laughing at the way in which we conduct business both on and off the field... either you're a paid hack or a delusional buffoon... regardless you can't be a genuine Arsenal fan because the difficulties facing this club having been going on for years and this latest episode in our pathetic recent history is but a glaring reminder of how far we have fallen... I'm not going to waste my time discrediting every single ridiculous statement you made in your love letter to Wenger, but if you write another article I will gladly expose you for the fraud you truly are... this club is in desperate need of a serious cleansing and for you to try and package this dog and pony show as a well - oiled machine is a direct insult to anyone who has supported this team during the supposed «lean» years... the deceptive and disrespectful manner in which this organization has treated it's fans is an abomination to supporters everywhere and for you to even try to justify their actions is akin to saying just shut - up and keep filling our pockets... so please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled out from under and think carefully before you spew this type of propaganda ever again

In the ensuing week, Totti left the world hanging, leaving us to speculate on everything from wages to imaging rights to some sort compensation package for every assist that Edin Dzeko wastes.

Some parents choose to work on creating a single group gift to avoid all the wrapping and packaging waste.

The instructions on a disposable diaper package advice that all fecal matter should be deposited in the toilet before discarding, yet less than one half of one percent of all waste from single - use diapers goes into the sewage system.

When using disposables, people generally do not flush solid waste down the toilet (as the instructions on the package recommend).

I know that making baby food can seem intimidating, but with a few key tools (e.g., a steamer and food processor), it's actually super easy and saves on cost and packaging waste.

Malia Gacioch: Right, so if you actually check on the side of a disposable diaper package, it actually says to flush the solid waste, which I would say most people don't do...

This cuts down on packaging materials which cuts down on waste as well as saves you money.

I haven't yet researched it, but my sense is that this waste is only growing in quantity as school districts move from what many of us remember from childhood — on site cafeteria cooking with reusable trays and real silverware — to food prepared off - site and packaged for reheating.

This cloth diaper package «fills the gap», reduces a bit of waste, and is an eco-friendly step away from dependence on disposables.

Instead, she thinks we should focus on reducing waste through recycling, minimising plastic packaging, and through schemes such as official disposal of damaged fishing gear.

On the other hand, disposable diapers take water and energy (and chemicals) to make every single one, plus there's also packaging and distribution (and waste disposal).