Sentences with phrase «using such waste»

Although the past decade has seen a shift toward using such waste, referred to as lignocellulosic biomass, to create chemicals for producing biodegradable plastics, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and biofuels, biorefineries have struggled with finding steady supplies and with high processing costs.

While biodiesel from used restaurant grease is great and would ideally be of a scale that would use all such waste, I have yet to see how biofuels will work well on a large scale as an industry in a global market.

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It includes instances in which bodies were used without donor or next - of - kin consent; donors were misled about how bodies would be used; bodies were dismembered by chainsaws instead of medical instruments; body parts were stored in such unsanitary conditions that they decomposed; or bodies were discarded in medical waste incinerators instead of being properly cremated.

The Hero Store is a zero - waste grocery store that eliminates product packaging by encouraging consumers to use reusable containers and dispensers to portion out dry goods such as pasta, soup mixes, and oatmeal as well as package - free fresh produce, milk and eggs.

Thanks to budgets, says Danny, «you don't waste your money and can put [it] to better use, such as paying off debt, saving for a home or [for] travel.»

Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used at the Florida high school.

Clean Harbors finds beneficial uses for your manufacturing by - products, such as creating supplemental fuels created by blending waste or separating out usable materials from disassembled electronic equipment.

For companies that have seen sales, general, administrative, or other costs expand faster than revenues, and been unable to tame increases using more mainstream techniques such as outsourcing, zero - based budgeting offers the prospect of identifying waste, focusing attention on business strategy, and targeting resources to key goals.

Their economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally grown foods; engage in organic farming; utilize organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes of producing energy; and in various ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing principles.

I mean, I understand that religion spreads because adults take advantage of the fact that children are born programmed to believe anything coming out of an adult's mouth, both educational and BS, but all of this represents such a huge, incredible waste of time and effort and money that could be put to so many good uses...

It is a crime that you use your time on Earth for such a waste of energy.

But all my pangs were due to some terrible remorse I used to feel after a heavy carousal, the remorse taking the shape of regret after my folly in wasting my life in such a way — a man of superior talents and education.

Retailers looking to boost their environmental credentials are expected to be impressed with James Cropper's policy of all fresh fibre being sourced from sustainably managed forests, as well as its use of ingredients such as coffee cup fibre or post-consumer waste.

Other programs such as waste - to - energy (WTE), which use the combustible energy from difficult to recycle plastics are widely used in Europe and Asia, and may provide additional recovery processes in the United States.

The amount of time, effort and resources that go into making food that is simply thrown away due to spoilage or staleness is a larger waste than packaging, she says, and as such the company's efforts have been focused on optimization of packaging rather than simply reducing the amount of packaging used.

«Such plants — including breweries, fruit, food waste, agro industries, and energy crops including corn — can easily use this technology to generate energy.

Food manufacturers diverted 94.6 percent of food waste generated from landfills to higher uses, such as donation and recycling.

Over half (47 million tonnes) of that is wasted in the home, as EU citizens fail use up staples such as bread, milk, fruit and vegetables before they expire.

What is required for this to happen, more than anything else, Is not a technology revolution, but a mindset evolution away from old technology that has passed its use - by date, (such as extensive, polluting and smelly lagoons) and outdated attitudes that treat waste water as a cost or even place in which to hide process problems, rather than a resource for recycling and generation of green energy.

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.

The connection of these two materials is designed in such a way so they can be easily separated after use and disposed of into the correct waste streams.

We are committed to helping transform the recycling system, seek innovations to change the materials we use, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and work to recover the unmanaged waste that is ending up in the environment and, more specifically, our rivers and oceans.

I mean... lemons do grow on trees, but it seemed like such a waste to keep heading out there for more to use for my subpar curds.

I also loved that you suggested to use the broccoli and stem, I'm going to do that from now on, such a great way to save on waste!

It is about totally wasting the huge talent of Lacazette by frustrating a natural goalscorer by not using him correctly with no fast, penetrative forward passes for him and such as Alexis to run on to.

We've also had some preliminary talks around pushing for tetra packed milks such as those Horizon uses to avoid so much waste.

It seems like such a waste when you're augmenting your stash with a couple more diapers to have to wash them so many times before you can use them.

Further, there is minimal waste as you use only 1 cube at a time and will not have to toss away much food; such as you toss away when using commercial foods.

This isn't taking into account the electricity, wastewater, soap, etc., used in either situation, as well as other energy / waste issues related with toilet paper, such as packaging, transport, chlorine, etc..

This is because breast milk is such an amazing source of nutrients that it can all be broken down and used by the body, leaving very little or no waste.

[21] Many design features of modern cloth diapers have followed directly from innovations initially developed in disposable diapers, such as the use of the hour glass shape, materials to separate moisture from skin and the use of double gussets, or an inner elastic band for better fit and containment of waste material.

it always seemed like such a waste not to use them, but at the same time i wasn't going to risk my precious ones» lives just for cute bumpers.

Bibs, place mats and baggies can be washed and used over and over again.We live in such a world of convenience that not many people think about how much waste they are creating.

I am excited to join such a large event like this and know that I will be wasting... er... umm... USING a lot of time to blog hop this week.

Ordinary citizens are encouraged to make simple changes to their life routine such as not using tumble dryer but hanging out clothes, cutting food waste and preferring showers to baths.

In particular, the use of multi-member districts alongside voting systems establishing proportional representation such as single transferable voting can reduce wasted votes and gerrymandering.

This will be achieved through a combination of high carbon trading and offset; the use of sustainable fuel such as from waste and fuel - burn reduction through a more efficient aircraft fleet.

«People must be careful not to waste resources on people who will use such resources to further acquire arms rather than to feed themselves.»

«Closing Rikers Island also provides a unique opportunity to redevelop the island,» the report observes, with the most promising future uses including an extension of La Guardia Airport to create a third runway, or a new hub of critical city infrastructure such as water and waste treatment centers, research facilities and a public greenway.

After the solid waste goes through a composting operation, remaining manure nutrients with more stable levels of nitrogen can be used at local «dirt operations,» such as vineyards and sod farms, he said.

The governor also announced plans for new incentives for farmers to increase the use of «anaerobic digesters,» which helps turn waste produced on farm — such as cow manure — into energy that farms can use.

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.

The issue concerns what to do with radioactive waste after uranium and plutonium have been recovered from spent nuclear fuel using reprocessing methods such as Plutonium Uranium Redox EXtraction (PUREX).

Most of us can't make such lucrative use of our downtime — but that doesn't mean it's time wasted.

This type of waste often consists of items such as used protective clothing, which is only slightly contaminated but still dangerous in case of radioactive contamination of a human body through ingestion, inhalation, absorption, or injection.

The trouble is, the «wasted» rain is all used somewhere, such as supporting fisheries.

«Converting waste heat into electric power, for example, using vehicle exhaust, is a near - term «green» application of such materials.»

Federal agencies such as the U.S. EPA, NASA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Transportation have successfully used similar expert elicitation in support of risk analysis and decision - making on issues ranging from food safety to radio - active waste management.

Dry farm waste, such as wood chips or sawdust, is easier to use for generating power.

The team achieved better hydrogen yields using methanol and ethanol as starting materials but because glucose can be derived from plant waste such as wood pulp, straw and leftovers from corn production, the scientists will continue to work on their approach.