Sentences with phrase «third of the solid waste»
The practice is considered a huge success, saving natural resources and keeping about a third of the solid waste out of quickly filling landfills
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Disposable diapers are the third largest single consumer item in landfills, and represent about 4 % of solid waste.
Disposable diapers make up the third largest source of solid waste in landfills.
According to the EPA, this is at a rate of 18,000,000,000 per year for us Americans making «disposable diapers the third - largest source of solid waste in landfills.»
Disposable diapers make up the third largest source of solid waste in landfills (after paper products and food containers) and may take up to 500 years to decompose.
Rhode Island has the second - lowest energy consumption per capita, the third - lowest gasoline consumption per capita and the fifth - lowest municipal solid waste per capita of the 50 states.