Sentences with phrase «still go to landfill»

Both aluminium and steel are easy to recycle and there are huge environmental benefits for doing this - yet many cans still go to landfill.

School catering and vending operator Options Management Ltd. — another AVA member company — recognise that vending, as a service, brings to the market a range of drinks and snacks which are packaged — and packaging has long been the focus of the green lobby because much of it still goes to landfill when it could be recycled.

This means that some plastic still goes to landfill, some is incinerated and some shipped abroad for recycling.

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Though we still have a ways to go, we're working with partners to find ways to divert waste from landfills and put it toward better use, such as recycling or donating it to those in need.

remember tho, even if disposables went biodegradable, they would still need the presence of oxygen and aerobic and anaerobic microbes to break down, something in short supply in landfills.

Even if your city doesn't have a plan for food waste collection, you can still cut down on the amount that goes to landfill by starting your own compost bin or pile.

A lot of those 12 daily tons of waste still get landfilled, and all the waste and recycling has to go back to the mainland, to the landfill or to the recycling center; the only thing that doesn't leave is the organic waste, which is composted, or the biomedical waste (mostly from the hospital) which is burned on site.