Sentences with phrase «recycle than the materials»

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Roughly two - thirds of paper used in North America is recycled, more than any other material.

For instance, what if Patagonia works with retailers and consumers to recycle clothing that has been too worn to be resold and then sells the used materials back to its upstream suppliers at a lower price than comparable virgin materials?

For example, if a team is working on coming up with new product ideas, they could be given a variety of constraints to work with like «only items made from recycled materials» or «only things that weigh less than a pillow.»

Since plastic is made from petroleum, rock - bottom oil prices mean that it's cheaper for producers to simply make new plastic than use recycled material.

Rather than just talking about how green your company is (in manufacturing process, recycling, or use of materials), your marketing can impact lasting social change.

Remanufacturing, cascading materials through several lifecycles and rethinking the idea of ownership are more effective than recycling waste.

yo the thing is not about believing or not, is the fact that if we don't believe then we are worthless living garbage who occupy a space in the universe only to create crap and pollution, in that kind of case we would better be recycled into some industrial material for a better use than eating and living like cattle, but if there is a god we acquire a divine status and a purpose to continue to exist beyond afterlife or at least the idea of it, which would give life a sense right?

The newly - design package was manufactured with PET, including 25 percent post-consumer recycled material, rather than PVC.

Rather than attempt to recycle every type of material used in its packaging, ConAgra Foods is exploring ways to extract energy from those materials as a method of supplementing traditional energy consumption.

By reducing the company's need for energy generated by traditional means, Tavill says, ConAgra Foods and other food companies could reduce their ecological footprint more than if they tried to recycle those materials into new packaging.

Today, more corrugated packaging is recovered for recycling than any other packaging material primarily due to tremendous recovery efforts at supermarkets and retail collection where OCC is baled, then sold to generate substantial revenue and to improve store profitability.

Manufactured with fewer materials than past designs and compliant with national and international recycling requirements, the packaging is manufactured using a standard corrugated fiberboard frame that is easily recyclable in the corrugated waste stream.

Corrugated «cardboard» is recycled more than any other packaging material in the U.S..

Orland Park residents recycled fewer tons of materials in 2012 than the previous year, making it the second consecutive year the village has seen a decline, a representative from Waste Management said.

She loves nothing better than to recycle and forage for craft materials — making crafts economical, a bit more environmentally friendly and fun.

Made from recycled materials such as dollar bills, flax fiber or wood, these toothbrushes also last much longer than the average toothbrush.

You can make as many as you'd like because a lot of the decorations are made from recycled materials, which makes these crafts more than affordable.

And the rubber subsurface — which Schlegel says absorbs more force than standard artificial fields and should thus reduce player injuries — has an elastic layer made from recycled materials.

«The recycling message is simple; both industry and society need to regard end - of - life items, including plastics, as raw materials rather than waste,» stated the report.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, more paper is now recovered for recycling than almost all other materials combined.

They argue for a reduction of packaging in the first place, rather than bringing in new laws to ensure the materials are recycled.

A host of new techniques and technologies will be required to reduce emissions from these sources that includes reusing heat and power generated in manufacturing processes; recycling materials or substituting them; controlling greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide (CO2); and, ultimately, capturing and burying the CO2 produced.

Because of the knowledge gap to date, the use of recycled aggregates in the U.S. has been limited mostly to non-structural applications such as sidewalks and roadways, even though the quality of the material is generally significantly higher than is required in these applications.

«The potential for rapid effects coupled with the persistence of plastic debris, including plastics described as «biodegradable», emphasises the need to focus on reducing and re-using plastic and subsequently recycling, rather than designing materials with enhanced degradation.

As of December 2013, the program has been completed: 500 metric tons of bomb - grade highly enriched uranium have been recycled into more than 14,000 metric tons of low enriched uranium — permanently eliminating enough bomb - grade material for 20,000 nuclear warheads.

After use, less than 1 percent of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing.

This, he says, will take more than 10 years and require innovation to reduce the cost of Li - ion materials to less than half current levels, a 10-fold increase in the speed of production and battery recycling to extract and reuse rare metals.

Particularly striking, Oxide Red leather can be specified, as well as «Lava» carpets, made from 100 % recycled materials and adding more than just a splash of colour to the svelte Swede's interior.

Whichever the variant you choose, BMW claims more than 80 per cent of the visible interior surfaces are made from recycled materials or renewable resources.

Made from recycled paper materials, three times more absorbent than clay litter by volume, unscented and 99.7 % dust - free, soft pellets are gentle on paws, lasts longer than pine pellets, completely biodegradable

Pros: Made from recycled paper materials, three times more absorbent than clay litter by volume, unscented and 99.7 % dust - free, soft pellets are gentle on paws, lasts longer than pine pellets, completely biodegradable

What better way to celebrate Earth Week than recycling organic material into hot, nutritious compost?

These spacious classes and computer lab, built from wooden recycled materials of the former block of five classes and the auditorium, are located on the school's main car park opposite the academy's administrative building and have the capacity to adequately take more than thirty students in each class.

The use of organic materials such as alang - alang roofing, coconut husks, bamboo, rattan and recycled wood allows the pavilions to meld into the landscape, enhancing, rather than imposing on, the stunning natural setting...

America's latest cultural star, Chicago artist Theaster Gates, who makes symbolically charged sculptures from recycled materials, has been commissioned to make work for the fair, and galleries have been encouraged to present thematic displays rather than just an array of stock.

Raised in a community steeped in creativity as a part of everyday life and characterized by a strong ethos to save and recycle, Outterbridge has been composing sculpture from found and discarded materials and debris — including rags, rubber, and scrap metal — for more than 50 years.

Using recycled materials in the manufacturing process uses considerably less energy than required for producing new products from scratch - 75 % less in fact, meaning the impact on the environment is lowered.

pacting the material on the spot and saving seven times more «vehicle miles» than conventional recycling bins.

Research shows plastic bottles made from recycled material are 67 % less carbon intensive than those using virgin plastic.

TerraCycle's recent partnership with Proctor and Gamble to put out a fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from beach plastic (difficult - to - recycle for its exposure to contaminants and UV light, depreciation, and mixed material makeup) for Head and Shoulders creates a market for recycled materials, viewing them as more sustainable, economically and environmentally, than producing additional plastics.

As TreeHugger has noted time and again, second - hand and recycled materials are greener options than brand new ones in almost every case; if you can get it pre-loved (and save the raw materials required to create something new), we recommend it.

Even though exporting our recyclables means a bigger recycling loop because recyclable materials are transported further, it is still a better environmental option than using virgin, raw materials.

If we had a wish list, we'd add in to the Sectera Edge's features that at least the casing be made of recycled and recyclable materials, that the battery last a whole lot longer than just 5 hours, that it charge up with renewable energy like solar power - or maybe a kinetic charger during those official presidential morning jogs - and that it would be free from toxic e-waste chemicals.

Not only does recycling help our environment, it's also much more cost effective than sourcing new materials.

This 1 - page website covers all aspects of a circular economy, showing that it involves much more than merely recycling materials.

When other options exist, does it make environmental sense to transform the energy required to build a car into little more than waste plus some recycled material?

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Biodiesel is a renewable green fuel that burns cleaner than gasoline and can be manufactured from low - cost and waste materials such as vegetable oils, animal fats and recycled cooking oil.

The directory provides consumers and businesses with over 1.6 million ways to recycle more than 350 different materials.

An argument then could be made that it is always best to recycle paper since making new paper would create 25 percent to 70 percent less emissions than if the paper were from virgin materials.