Sentences with phrase «organic waste»

Besides cattle operations, other human activities such as the production and transport of oil, coal and gas, as well as the decay of organic waste contribute to methane emissions.

A number of states are upgrading their waste treatment infrastructure, particularly for organic waste.

The recent G - 8 meeting showed an appalling lack of awareness in discussing world health problems without pointing a finger at the massive organic waste mess as being the main cause.

As bacteria feed on organic waste electrons are produced, so they could potentially be used as a source of power.

These are special types of eco-friendly dog poop bags that can be thrown in together with your other organic waste matter.

Depending on where and how you live, this is definitely an interesting option instead of burning wood, using geothermal power, or even heating with organic waste.

An increasingly popular solution that solves both problems is a process that turns organic waste, such as food scraps and agricultural waste, into fuel.

The future is sustainable development by converting organic waste materials into renewable energy which reduces global warming and improves our quality of life.

Like other urban farming initiatives, rooftop farms promote sustainable living by contributing to the local food production system and to recycling urban organic waste.

The larvae eat organic waste, and become high - density protein for the fish, creating an efficient food production system that can also clean the environment.

The city's plan to expand its commercial organic waste recycling program has drawn mixed reactions.

In total, the city's commercial establishments generate roughly one million tons a year of organic waste.

A microbial fuel cell uses the electrons that are released from bacteria as they feed on organic waste to produce electricity.

«Biodegradable plastics have the potential to solve a number of waste - management issues, especially for disposable packaging that can not be easily separated from organic waste in catering or from agricultural applications,» according to the report.

A year into the project, the weedy field has a compost heap full of organic waste from the kitchen; a growing orchard with biblical fruit trees including a fig and an apple; a Havdalah circle where visitors and residents of the farm gather weekly for a religious ceremony marking the end of Shabbat; and a shmitta area — a part of the land that is allowed to lie fallow for one year out of every seven, as commanded in the Torah.

The bioconversion process takes organic waste streams from food factories, supermarkets, farms and restaurants, and recycles these into valuable products: an insect based complete protein — MagMeal ™, an extracted fat — MagOil ™ and a rich residual soil conditioner — MagSoil ™.

You will find a resort that has composting organic waste bins in each apartment, an onsite worm farm to break it down, recycling receptacles on all floors, just walk a few metres and find Hawaiian hot rock massage, a crystal cleansing health clinic, an organic cafe and a real estate agent that buys hand dug wells in Ethiopia.

Specialists say France is way behind countries like Germany, Austria, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands, which have various systems of mandatory organic waste collection for households as well as restaurants.

In comment 39 in the Shell game write - up of Mr. Revkin yesterday, I outlined pyrolyzing organic wastes as a way to slowly get some carbon dioxide trapped in by nature in those wastes converted back to charcoal for burial.

TCP is a non-combustion process for the conversion of organic waste into renewable diesel and fertilizers.

Towards this end, we are exploring ways to reduce production costs and the environmental footprint of microalgae production by using organic waste streams as a partial replacement for expensive inputs of inorganic fertilizer normally used to grow microalgae.

Assistance will include on - site visits to determine food waste generation baselines; strategies for reducing food waste; siting for food waste capture systems; training in reduction strategies; and an exploration of local options for composting, biodigesting, donation of edible food, or commercial companies that offer organic waste diversion services.

BY Jim McMahon Planned for full operation in mid-2018, San Luis Obispo County's new state - of - the - art anaerobic digestion facility will convert source - separated organic waste into biogas and high - grade compost.

EnvironVeolia and Suez Environnement are investing in biogas - fired power plants to recycle organic waste from the likes of food maker Danone and grocer Carrefour.

Last year, some 100 New York restaurants signed up for a pilot composting program and former mayor Michael Bloomberg had announced plans to collect organic waste from households.

In fact, what worms eat are the microorganisms that grow on decomposing organic waste, including the type of bacteria that emit offensive odors.

We are finalizing launch plans for the world's first fully certified compostable pod designed to meet municipal organic waste standards in 2015

However, only 20 percent of urban garbage was disposed harmlessly in the country through sanitary landfills, incineration and composting - a biological process in which organic waste is turned into humus like substance and returned to the soil.

Meanwhile, over 95 per cent of high quality organic waste produced in Milan is collected.

Such linkages include the use of urban residents as labourers, use of typical urban resources (like organic waste as compost and urban wastewater for irrigation), direct links with urban consumers, direct impacts on urban ecology (positive and negative), being part of the urban food system, competing for land with other urban functions, being influenced by urban policies and plans, etc..

The dairies have excess capacity in their digesters, they take organic waste from several restaurants and grocery stores in the local community, and is an added benefit of the project.

Beginning in 1994, a local NGO called Bio-tech pioneered the development of their «integrated waste recycling plant,» where large amounts of organic waste generated by the markets, slaughter houses, and restaurant kitchens are treated and converted into methane (cooking gas) and fertilizer.

«The positive response from customers about recycling is also a big bonus,» said Martinez, whose 50 - seat restaurant produces only about five tons of organic waste per year.

They include selling excess renewable electricity, cap - and - trade proceeds, and fees for accepting organic wastes for renewable energy generation.

Created by Green Map System and Lower East Side Ecology Center, this pocket - size map shows you where to take your kitchen scraps and organic waste so it can be composted and naturally recycled into rich soil, along with resources so you can start your own composting project at home.

The main issue I am concerned about is getting the ever - expanding never - ending organic waste and sewage messes of developed countries under control before they bury us.

CSS gets organic waste from supermarkets, transports it in bins designed to keep it fresh, and then uses their proprietary process of grinding, heating, and then enzymatically digesting the food to turn it into a liquid fertilizer, which is then screened and blended into a consistent formula for application to the soil.

Anaerobic lagoon: A liquid - based organic waste management installation characterized by waste residing in water at a depth of at least 6 feet for periods of 30 to 200 days.

With the right investments, we could isolate organic waste before it enters landfills, then capture the resulting methane.

The project, undertaken by Canada's leading processor of canned and frozen vegetables, avoids methane emissions in six Ontario and Quebec based processing plants by valorizing organic waste residues into nutritional products for animals.

The project, undertaken by Canada's leading processor of canned and frozen vegetables, avoids landfill methane emissions from six Ontario and Quebec based processing plants by valorizing organic waste residues into nutritional products for animals.