Sentences with phrase «percent going to the landfill»
«We have reduced our waste by 60 percent going to the landfill in the last six months,» Bosma notes.
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The remaining 20 percent goes to landfill, although Kamikatsu hopes to eliminate that amount entirely by 2020.
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«Up to 40 percent of the U.S. food supply goes wasted; it costs the U.S. $ 165 billion annually; contributes to 14 percent of domestic greenhouse gas emissions; and is the No. 1 material reaching landfills,» he explains.
As you see, food waste is the largest waste stream going to landfills in the US, accounting for 21 percent of the American waste stream and contributing to climate change as food waste in landfills decomposes and generates methane, a very powerful greenhouse gas.
U.S. EPA estimates that in 2009, more than 82 percent of discarded electronics went to landfills and incinerators.
Only 25 to 30 percent of waste goes to landfill; the rest is composted and recycled, though food waste continues to be a big problem.
Currently 55 percent of all our waste goes to landfills, with 15 percent burned - incinerated, and 30 percent recycled.
«Close to 80 percent of the CEDA's waste goes to the landfill.