Sentences with phrase «reduce waste generation»

The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, «substantially reduce waste generation» and curb climate change.

Our waste reduction strategy involves not only improving processes, equipment and materials to reduce waste generation, but also explores the beneficial use of waste and other residuals.

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Keep America Beautiful offers solutions that create clean, beautiful public places, reduce waste and increase recycling, generate positive impact on local economies and inspire generations of environmental stewards.

Actions include setting and updating sustainability goals, improving the sustainability profile of their packaging, reducing solid waste generation, greenhouse gas emissions and consumption of water and power, supporting environmental organizations and adopting corporate social responsibility initiatives to improve the plight of the neediest among us.Read More >

K - 12 schools have a special role in not only reducing, recovering, and recycling food waste on their premises, but also in educating the next generation about recovering wholesome excess food for donation and about reducing food waste to conserve natural resources.

A: We are constantly looking to move materials that don't make into finished products up the value hierarchy with the ultimate objective of substantially reducing the generation of waste or byproducts completely.

On Oct. 6, we held a food waste reduction summit at our offices in Washington, D.C., that brought together food companies, sustainability specialists and government agencies to talk about how we can reduce food waste generation.

The restaurant and foodservice industries have been working diligently to minimize our food waste generation through reducing the amount of waste being sent to landfills and donating food to those in need.

A: In 2005 (and again in 2010), we set a goal to reduce our solid waste (including food waste) generation rate in our manufacturing operations by 50 % in 2015 versus our fiscal 2005.

During our first generation of sustainability commitments from 2005 to 2016, Kellogg significantly reduced waste (of all types) sent to landfill.

Diverting food waste from landfills also reduces the generation of harmful gases that contribute to climate change.

Clean raw tobacco materials will not only reduce the risk for the consumer, but also ensure more efficient manufacturing of consumer products avoiding production stoppages, minimizing waste generation and at the same time contributing to environmental improvements (e.g. reduced energy consumption and CO2 emission control).

This project will assist businesses in reducing food waste generation rates.

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.

«Our findings could help significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity generation and agricultural wastes.

The building - block molecules can be recovered to make new plastic, reducing demand for raw materials and waste generation, the team reports online this month in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

These challenges include increasing our nation's energy capacity; reducing dependence on imported oil; and detecting, mitigating and preventing the environmental impacts of legacy waste and energy generation and use.

By targeting festivals to reduce their campsite waste by 10 % year on year we are leading a change that will help to protect festival culture for future generations and from the work that we've done with the Isle of Wight Festival, we know it's achievable.»

My mix of cuts would focus on personal transportation, freight transportation, and power generation and it would meet more than half way the efforts of people that are trying to reduce waste.

• Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators • Conserving natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals • Saving energy by reusing materials that have already been processed • Preventing pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future genReducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators • Conserving natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals • Saving energy by reusing materials that have already been processed • Preventing pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future genreducing the need to collect new raw materials • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future genReducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future generations

Next generation biofuels made from grass, wood waste, or even garbage can reduce biofuels» impact on water resources and reduce emissions, but only if we make smart choices.

JCM projects use Japanese technological expertise to deploy various approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as the installation of energy - efficient transmission lines in Mongolia; the installation of energy - efficient systems in the national hospitals of Vietnam; the installation of energy - efficient refrigeration at commercial food processing centers in Indonesia; the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in the Maldives and Palau; and power generation by waste heat recovery in the cement industry in Indonesia.

Leaders in higher education are cutting energy costs and waste, while also training the next generation of climate leaders and reducing their own carbon footprints.

In a region heavily dependent on coal for electricity, the project helps reduce emissions related to electricity generation and provides a source of natural gas for local residences and businesses that would otherwise have gone to waste.

Although for PR reasons I'd rebrand generation IV reactors as «Nuclear Waste De-energisers» given that they reduce rather than enlarge existing stockpiles of nuclear waste.

It's a classic dilemma: If the solution to the climate problem is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions through nuclear power, then future generations spared catastrophic global warming must figure out what to do with our radioactive waste.

The problem with the storage of fissionable nuclear waste is drastically reduced with third and fourth generation nuclear power, but it is still a problem.

E-waste also a huge problem in scale and volume of waste generation, it is a positive that some consumer electronics manufacturers are developing new initiatives to help reduce and recycle their waste.

We tried to modify as little as possible the environment by building the house on a slope, and thus reducing the land movements, foundation and generation of waste products.

Population density also lowers energy and water use in all categories, constrains family size, limits the consumption of all kinds of goods, reduces ownership of wasteful appliances, decreases the generation of solid waste, and forces most residents to live in some of the world's most inherently energy - efficient residential structures: apartment buildings.

Moreover, waste prevention, minimization, material recovery, recycling and re-use represent a growing potential for indirect reduction of GHG emissions through decreased waste generation, lower raw material consumption, reduced energy demand and fossil fuel avoidance.

A new generation of lawyers are thinking about how to improve the process of lawyering — to increase quality, reduce waste and to reduce the risk of error.

Midwest Steel Blanking (Lombard, IL) 07/2004 — 08/2008 Director of Operations • Oversaw daily operations and management of 40 employees including 2 project managers • Served as an advisor to the President on all critical and strategic issues • Led presentations to banks, governmental agencies, potential investors, and large volume customers • Oversaw production, maintenance, quality control, and all other dealings with all outside vendors • Negotiated all insurance policies and contracts concerning account receivables and insurance related claims • Developed the ISO 9000 quality manual and OSHA safety awareness programs, training, and documentation • Trained future managers of the company in professional skills, managerial decision making, and business communications • Designed and implemented a new inventory control systems for managing raw - material and finished - goods • Ensured cost control limiting the direct expenses incurred and indirect impacts such as inefficiencies, downtime, and waste • Over a 3 year period, reduced the account receivables insurance premium from $ 55K to $ 13K / year • Renegotiated all other insurance contracts for better coverage and reduced premiums by 20 % • Reduced «outside parts manufacturing» cost by 50 % • Maintained the cost of all supplies at the 2004 levels • Instituted production reporting and operational data analyses for decision making • Reduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training preduced the account receivables insurance premium from $ 55K to $ 13K / year • Renegotiated all other insurance contracts for better coverage and reduced premiums by 20 % • Reduced «outside parts manufacturing» cost by 50 % • Maintained the cost of all supplies at the 2004 levels • Instituted production reporting and operational data analyses for decision making • Reduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training preduced premiums by 20 % • Reduced «outside parts manufacturing» cost by 50 % • Maintained the cost of all supplies at the 2004 levels • Instituted production reporting and operational data analyses for decision making • Reduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training pReduced «outside parts manufacturing» cost by 50 % • Maintained the cost of all supplies at the 2004 levels • Instituted production reporting and operational data analyses for decision making • Reduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training pReduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training programs