Sentences with phrase «solid waste problems»

But he is encouraged by a study commissioned by an automakers» consortium showing that the thermal conversion process could be a solution to one of America's most vexing solid waste problems: the unholy mix of plastics and other leftovers from automobile metals recycling (see «Junkyard Oil,» below).

In addition to plugging P&G «s Pampers and Luvs diapers, the commercials are addressing environmental criticism that has been aimed at disposable diapers, saying the disposables are «compostable «and urging consumers to learn more about solutions to community solid waste problems.

Not exact matches

Companies with solid balance sheets, that have better credit ratings and less debt - to - equity than peers, can weather economic downturns, make opportunistic acquisitions, waste less of their profit on debt interest, and easily absorb unexpected problems and keep moving forward.

The problem with this is that there is over 5 million tons of untreated solid waste in landfills and they may contain intestinal viruses.

The main problem is the filling of landfills (though Procter & Gamble remind us that diapers account for only two percent of the nation's municipal solid waste).

Like those who were pondering these problems a century ago, we are still in search of an affordable alchemy that turns solid waste into an inert, hazard - free, usable by - product such as bricks or glass.

The DEC sent an e-mail response to questions about the radioactivity stating that «concentrations are generally not a problem for water discharges, or in solid waste streams» in New York State.

A meeting was called of citizen groups and individuals in early 2002 as a result of shared problems and concerns regarding the approval of several solid waste and hazardous waste landfills by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in 2001 and 2002.

Many of the 40 or so gathered at the Volusia County solid waste transfer station spent more than two hours hissing and snarling at each other.And there wasn't even one cat in the room.The county's animal control board workshop Tuesday was supposed to be about finding ways to solve the feral, or wild, cat problem, but all the dirty looks and snide comments that criss - crossed the room made it seem more like a feline version of American Gladiators.One opinion - represented by animal services / control, humane societies, health department workers and citizens - seemed to be that the county's trapping and destroying of feral cats is the most humane way of dealing with the overpopulation.

(3) Drugs which do not pose a problem for environmental hazard or are not controlled drugs may be disposed of in a sanitary, non-offensive manner by means of regular solid waste disposal methods.

Municipal solid waste is about the only biofuel source that does not exhibit this problem.

This also contributes to solve solid waste management problems at the local level.

China has banned the solid waste imports because they claim that they «seriously endangered people's physical health and the safety of our country's ecological environment,» but it is creating new problems for everyone; in the West, there is nowhere to put all the waste, much of which came from China in the first place.