Not only does the store benefit our shelter, it also benefits the community at large by creating jobs & keeping unused / unwanted
items out of our landfill.
The only downside is that you do have to wash them, but I've found that this is a minimal inconvenience to avoid chemicals and keep
plastics out of the landfill.
So you're not only keeping your
toys out of a landfill but you're ensuring that the toy is getting a second chance at making a child happy.
The result was a miracle of sustainability, at least according to internal reports, which claimed to have kept 650 tonnes of waste
out of landfill between 2007 and 2010.
So there's little doubt that much, much more can be done by most cities to cut waste, and keep precious
resources out of landfill.
Remember, zero waste is about keeping
everything out of the landfill, so when that old [random item] leaves your house — where does it go if not the landfill?
Not only does it keep unnecessary
waste out of the landfill, but it lends a certain character and, if you're lucky, a good story.
In fact, consumers who purchase our reusable glass bottles help keep approximately 500,000 pounds of milk containers and
plastic out of the landfill each year.
, but you can also feel good that your doing something great for the environment with all the diapers you are
keeping out of the landfill!
Fresh News Cat Litters are made from 100 percent recycled paper, which not only makes them biodegradable when composted, but also keeps paper
materials out of landfills.
Since the campaign launched in 2007, more than 162,000 people have taken the pledge to reduce their bottled water waste, keeping an estimated 170 million disposable
bottles out of landfills.
John Strelitz, president of paper broker Streco Fibres, in Virginia Beach, Va., keeps
paper out of landfills by buying, for example, scrap magazine stock and selling it to the gift - wrap market.
Using Warmies would be an environmentally conscious decision because the reusable wipes will keep tons of
trash out of landfills.
Her primary motivation is to keep disposable diapers
out of landfills by helping parents potty train their children earlier.
This NBC video report checks in on the first day of the ban.Plastic bag bans like these have proven hugely effective elsewhere — by one count, China's ban has kept some 100 billion
bags out of the landfill since it was put into effect two years ago.
«So, there is a very intimate connection between what people put in their trash and what
comes out of landfills, but people also need to think about the fate of what doesn't go into the trash,» Pierrehumbert said.
Using recycled glass in our manufacturing process allows GPI members to significantly reduce our energy consumption, reduce our carbon footprint and keep
glass out of landfills.
«We are urging people to keep these
batteries out of landfill as they could leak heavy materials on the ground causing soil and water pollution and endanger animal and plant life.
Keeping
E-Waste Out of Landfills and Incinerators WM, in partnership with LG and Sony, is working on getting e-waste recycling centers within 20 miles of 90 % of the US population.
The European Aluminium Association (EAA) is calling for higher recycling targets and a
phase out of landfilling of end - use recyclable goods.
Of course, if you have paper recycling in your municipality, then you can ensure the paper
stays out of landfill and goes on to becomes a cardboard box, note pad or similar.
(The Urban School Food Alliance, an organization pushing for healthier, greener options in seven major U.S. cities, is using its leverage to keep 225 million single - use plastic
trays out of landfills every year.)
The U.S. computer industry has responded by adopting a voluntary program called Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) that is designed to provide standards for greener computers as well as to keep discarded
electronics out of landfills, where the majority end up.
The filled mesh sack fits inside a colorful duvet cover, creating an environmentally friendly cat or dog bed and keeping your old
clothes out of the landfill.
The collars are made from 100 - percent post-consumer plastic — keeping the equivalent of 1.5 bottles
out of landfills with every collar sold.
In order to decrease the cell phone industry's carbon footprint, as well as keep cell
phones out of landfills, many consumers are choosing to recycle their cell phones.
Now, sustainably - minded Good News Reuse is looking to take a lot of those
boxes out of the landfill with the Pi Pan - the reusable pizza dish.
Earth - friendly benefit: you'll keep
clothing out of landfills and play a small part in reducing the over-production of new merchandise.
Lunapads was already producing a line of reusable, sustainable menstrual pads made of soft, quick - drying fleece, targeted to middle - and upper - income women seeking to keep mountains of pads and
tampons out of landfills.
Romy Tittel, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta and Catriona Wright, Shadow Cabinet member for Sustainable Towns and Cities, strongly encourages the Alberta Government to quickly adopt the following in order to keep
recyclables out of the landfill: An immediate plastic bag ban.
Commissioned by the Corrugated Packaging Alliance and conducted by the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), the LCA found that corrugated packaging recovery reduced the industry's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 35 percent between 2006 - 2014 by keeping
corrugated out of landfills.