Sentences with phrase «only nonrenewable»

And these same yoga accessories that are meant to improve our personal lives might actually have the opposite effect our environment, considering that many of them are made with virgin materials that are not only nonrenewable in nature, but are also made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and include other undesirables such as phthalates, lead, and cadmium, and are not the easiest things to recycle at the end of their lives.

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Of course, transnational companies do not always only exploit nonrenewable resources.
Her seemingly cute report about the advances of disposables, without even a nod about several new alternative products, including biodegradable diapers, only encourages the excessive use of nonrenewable materials.
But 20 will be promising young scientists not far from beyond their Ph.D. s who supervise as many as two other people — also postdocs, grad students or staff scientists — and hold one - time - only, nonrenewable, 5 - year appointments.
They also compare Mirel to other olefins such as polypropylene and polyethylene, saying that the biobased plastic requires only 2.5 MJ / kg of nonrenewable energy per kilogram verses 70 MJ / kg.
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