Sentences with phrase «out of landfills by»

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.

Keep disposables out of the landfill by bringing a cloth bag, or reusing those grocery bags you have stashed under the cabinet.

Not exact matches

By converting to a digital system, you are doing your part to keep paper out of the landfills and off the floormats of our cars, while at the same time saving yourself a pretty penny.

Resale stores keep unwanted items out of landfills and extend their use by offering them to new customers.

Not only will you be saving money by not eating out, you'll be saving the world from the number of wasteful throwaway containers that end up in landfills.

Compiled by FWRA, a cross-sector industry initiative led by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the National Restaurant Association (NRA), the guide focuses on strategies food manufacturers, retailers and restaurant and foodservice operators can employ to keep food out of landfills, and to reduce food waste at the source.

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.

By keeping wholesome and nutritious food in our communities and out of our landfills, we can help address the 42 million Americans that live in food insecure households.

Kridler notes that while disposable diaper advocates try to cite «a British study that suggested all the washing and drying of cloth diapers meant their environmental impact was about equal to that of disposables», that the study has been criticized by environmentalists who point out that «the combination of chemicals in the diapers and their baby waste make for an unhealthy contribution to landfills and potentially ground water.»

A state senator lashed out Monday at the Department of Environmental Conservation for its failure to protect residents living by a landfill in Wheatfield that was recently declared a Superfund site.

These events keep drugs out of the wrong places, including children's hands, abused by addicts, waterways and landfills.

It follows an announcement at the beginning of November by David Cameron and Nick Clegg setting out plans to devolve control of Landfill Tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax and to pave the way for a referendum on transferring part control of income tax.

Meanwhile, another fiscal gut punch is on the way: The city landfill is expected to run out of space by 2023.

Underground aquifers can be identified by aboveground formations, helping officials bring cleaner water to people by pointing out where not to place a landfill or dispose of toxic waste.

When one California city started a composting program to keep food waste out of its landfill, residents began to pay more attention to other environmentally sound practices, such as taking shorter showers, according to a study led by Nicole Sintov, an assistant professor of behavior, decision making and sustainability at The Ohio State University.

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.

Szaky, the serial creator who started TerraCycle out of his college dorm room, and his team seek to «eliminate the idea of waste» by partnering with brands and retailers to make it easier for consumers to send in previously landfill - bound household material.

Not only will your garden love this nutrient - rich addition, but composting is also great for the planet by keeping more trash out of landfills.

With about five short conversations and a bit of oral and written language (a sign and an announcement) we were able to change the status quo by diverting at least 200 plastic bottles and aluminum cans out of the landfill or incineration waste stream.

The Real Junk Food Project was founded four years ago by Adam Smith, who was appalled to find out that around one third of all food produced across the world ends up in landfill.

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 first of which is this fun little documentary put out over this weekend by Zack Penn and Microsoft Studios, that focuses on the infamous «E.T. burial» in the landfill of Alamogordo, New Mexico.

In reality, it is simply just loaded polyethylene film - or plastic with holes in to you and me... Disposal of used sanitary products is either by flushing out to sea, incineration, or depositing in landfill sites.

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.

These designs made by Rodrigo Alonso Schramm are an interesting way to keep e-waste out of landfills and in your livingroom.

Under the measure, passed by a 13 to 1 vote, stores throughout L.A. will be required to phase out the bags by the end of the year, significantly reducing the amount of landfill fodder and environmental pollutants.

According to a study by Pike Research called «Electronics Recycling and E-Waste Issues,» we can expect to see a leveling out of the amount of e-waste heading to landfills by 2015.

Their AirFlex plastics are made by extracting carbon and oxygen molecules out of air and greenhouse gases (including CO2 and methane) which could be fed from sources such as landfills, wastewater treatment plants, or energy plants.

By deconstructing by hand rather than demolishing buildings, they are able to conserve valuable resources and keep recovered materials out of landfillBy deconstructing by hand rather than demolishing buildings, they are able to conserve valuable resources and keep recovered materials out of landfillby hand rather than demolishing buildings, they are able to conserve valuable resources and keep recovered materials out of landfills.

By investing our time and resources in salvaging and reclaiming, we are keeping viable building materials out of the landfills and re-using them in new construction projects.

Just love the fact that you used what you had and real leaves in lieu of the fake stuff that is churned out by the industry to get us to spend more money and creates more waste for our landfills.