Sentences with phrase «using recycling efforts»

The Gili Eco Trust plated a big part along with the islands Head coordinating this team effort and help with education as to what rubbish can be desposed of by using recycling efforts.

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The company says its Fort Worth brewery is leading the company's effort, partly by converting wastewater into fuel for its boilers and by recycling the pressurized water used to clean bottles and cans.

The New Plastics Economy presents three key platforms: creating an effective after - use plastics economy by improving global recycling efforts, reducing the leakage of plastic waste into the environment, and decoupling plastic from the fossil fuels used to create it.

However, the use of these standards and the exchange of intelligence often is still very much a conscious effort and not yet a default modus operandi — like recycling, a practice that was once ignored and then slowly adopted, is now commonplace and assumed.

Recycling efforts, renewable energy, and restorative ecology are all ways that the gospel can be lived out in this world as we tend and keep that which God has created for our use.

Other efforts include the use of green cleaning products and programs to maximize waste recycling and minimize water usage.

Thus began a concerted effort to reduce the volume of trash by increasing recycling rates of used packaging in the U.S. Efforts to establish an economically viable infrastructure for various packaging materials and engage all stakeholders continue to this day.

The UK government is launching a consultation on a deposit scheme that could see a refundable charge added to the cost of single - use glass, plastic, steel and aluminium bottles and cans in an effort to reduce waste and increase recycling.

The report details Novelis» efforts to increase its recycling capacity and the recycled content of its products to 80 per cent by 2020 with a focus on innovation and technology to accelerate the use of recycled aluminum.

Waste Management: There is a great effort to reduce the carbon footprint by using dry materials that are lighter and / or produced locally, while also making every effort to recycle and sort garbage responsibly.

The packaging of consumer goods impacts the environment, so we employ efforts to use the minimal amount of packaging necessary while maintaining food safety and quality, and work with suppliers to find new solutions to use less packaging or materials that are recycled or recyclable.

Part of West Coast Chill, Inc.'s «Greening Efforts» will include recycle bins specially made to RECAPTURE the cans for RE — USE in an effort to reduce their carbon foot print.

The five - cent fee is intended to encourage shoppers to bring reusable bags to stores in an effort to reduce use of plastic bags, which opponents say litter roadsides and waterways, and gum up recycling machines.

O'Connell said that Dell is also using packaging materials recycled from agricultural waste, such as wheat straw, in its efforts to accelerate innovation - goals echoed by the AAAS Research Competitiveness Program and advanced through its involvement in award programs like the Catalyst Award.

In addition to pollution prevention, we need to redouble our efforts at using our water supply more efficiently — whether by eliminating waste or by recycling and re-use where appropriate.

Efforts to reduce this loss and recycle what we've used are the only ways to thwart this coming peak.

The unstable element, which will remain radioactive for millennia, is the residue of ill - fated efforts to recycle used nuclear fuel.

Water use: 522,677 gallons of water used Waste From January to July 2016, we prevented over 17,100 pounds of substances harmful to human health from entering landfills due to our recycling and proper waste disposal efforts.

This brand is particularly special because their items are not only handmade and designed in Los Angeles by designer Marie K., but because the company strives to make an effort to minimize their impact on the environment by using 100 % refined and recycled materials.

The formula, of course, is use themes from better films, recycle all the same gags from previous efforts, splash some colorful visuals on it, and it if it does well, plan a sequel and a television series.

The school's sustainability program, mapped using the AuSSI framework, and partnership with the Maia Maia Foundation helps its students to visualise the reduction of carbon pollution in the atmosphere through individual and joint community efforts in recycling, composting, energy savings and more.

Their efforts are changing community behaviors when it comes to recycling and energy use.

PTOs and PTAs are increasingly playing a key role in school efforts related to recycling, composting, and reducing energy use.

Parrish Kauai also champions Kauai recycling efforts, uses refillable containers for their luxury bath amenities and buys environmental friendly cleaning products.

Valid efforts from Florblanca include, actively participating in the local Recycling Program and using its organic waste for the production of compost and vermicompost, which is used to enrich the soil of the property's onsite biogarden that is treated with organic fertilizer, pesticide and insecticide.

Using recycled materials, collective Assemble «furnished and rebuilt the houses in inventive and creative ways» in an effort to «make it a place people actually want to live in».

Using everything from chicken tractors to recycled gray water, and from worm composting to foraging ducks, the central effort seems to be around conserving scarce water and nutrients, building up fertile soil, and creating cooling micro-climates to protect tender crops from the desert heat.

The ACC also pushed to include more about plastic bag recycling in the text, but activists point out that despite the industry's efforts to push recycling as a solution to plastic pollution, less than 10 % of the 100 billion plastic bags used in the United States each year are recycled, and recycling does not address the impact plastic bags and packaging have on both animal and human health.

In addition to our in - store recycling efforts, we also run several education programs in schools and at events where we blend hands - on activities and outreach in the greater New Orleans area in an effort to encourage good stewardship practices and the virtues of the mindful use and creative reuse of resources.

They reformulate companies» waste and recycling programs to streamline their efforts and maximize how they can use recycled materials.

In an effort to recycle the thousands of surplus containers that sit on docks around the world, shipping containers have been used in urban farms, off - the - grid getaways, and even as all - in - one pools.

The anatomy and operation of a green school includes reduction in energy and water use, recycling efforts during and after construction, native and adaptive landscaping, practices that reduce the demand on municipal infrastructure and strategies that improve resilience to climate change.

A larger effort to push manufacturers to use easier - to - recycle or biodegradable plastic wouldn't hurt either.

Discovery Headquarters got LEED Platinum for its operations and improvements, a» «top to bottom effort to become carbon neutral through the use of carbon offsets and wind power renewable energy certificates, and a robust employee engagement program to challenge and motivate employees to become involved in recycling and reduction programs.»

Renewable Energy Credits Purchased for All Electricity Use Though recycling is really the public face of the Open's green efforts, in terms of environmental impact, its energy usage perhaps has far greater impact — USTA Senior Director of Corporate Communications & chair of green initiatives, Rita Garza says approximately 2000 MWh of electricity are used during the qualifying matches and tournament itself.

The Indians have been one of the teams on the forefront of sustainability efforts in baseball, launching an ongoing recycling campaign in 2008 that now includes organic - waste composting and become the first American League ball club to use alternative energy with their 2007 installation of a solar - panel array.

In a concerted effort to harmonize recycling, water and energy use some years ago, citizens, community leaders and researchers collaborated on the creation of a 1,000 - person ecovillage in Shiga prefecture, located near Kyoto, Japan.

While recycled aluminum uses up about 5 % of the energy it takes to make something out of new aluminum (counting all the effort it takes from the mine to the manufacturing plant), reprocessing all that aluminum is very energy intensive.

We make every effort to limit the environmental impact of our business and we have a range of initiatives in place to achieve this, such as providing extensive recycling facilities, implementing paperlight working procedures, and encouraging the use of walking, cycling, and public transport for both commuting and business trips.

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Highlights of the building's sustainability achievements include an Energy Star rating of 93, which places the building in the top 7 percent of similar buildings in terms of energy efficiency; use of highly - efficient plumbing fixtures providing water savings of approximately 17 percent; modifications to the building's irrigation system provide a 74 percent reduction in water use for irrigation, as well as a dedicated meter to monitor ongoing performance; recycling efforts resulting in a 45 percent diversion rate of recyclables from landfill of ongoing consumable waste and a 100 percent diversion rate of durable goods from entering the waste stream; an integrated pest management plan incorporating non-toxic measures for animal and vegetative pest control; and a green cleaning pProgram, implemented as part of a comprehensive building - wide indoor air quality program.

Among my own efforts to recycle, I encourage people to consider the possibility of not redecorating with new things, but to use what you already have!

I wish I could take credit for this great idea, but it actually came from my friend Hope (who has no vehicle as of yet to translate her great ideas to the web), who suggested to me that everyone should use their magazines for wrapping paper in an effort to recycle.