Sentences with phrase «volume of waste by»

But this spent fuel, which retains more than 95 percent of its energy, can be reprocessed to make new fuel, reducing the ultimate volume of waste by more than 60 percent.

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Carpet Recycling UK could be on track to meet its ambitious 60 per cent diversion rate by 2020 as the total volume of carpet waste diverted from landfill reached 42 per cent in 2017.

Conference organizers can take responsibility for the unique volume of disposables created by these organized meetings by supplementing the largely insufficient waste management systems of host venues with custom solutions.

The FWRA's mission is to reduce the volume of food waste sent to landfill by addressing the root causes of waste, and securing pathways to donate or recycle unavoidable food waste.

«The primary objective of the Food Waste Reduction Alliance is to reduce the volume of food waste sent to landfill by addressing the root causes of waste, and securing pathways to donate safe food or recycle it for use elsewhere.

Its mission is to reduce the volume of food waste sent to landfill by addressing the root causes of waste, and securing pathways to donate or recycle unavoidable food waste.

Her business tackles waste management issues by rapidly recycling large volumes of food scraps into fertilizer, while at the same time supporting the scalability of organic agriculture.

Founded in 2004 by Ronni Kahn, after noticing the huge volume of good food going to waste from the hospitality industry, she decided there had to be a better way.

If food prices were to rise again, it is likely that there would be a decrease in the volume of waste produced by consumers in developed countries.

Recent studies suggest that the total loss in brain volume due to atrophy — a wasting away of tissue caused by cell degeneration — between our teen years and old age is 15 percent or more, which means that by the time we're in our seventies, our brains have shrunk to the size they were when we were between 2 and 3 years old.

U.S. low - level waste comes from a wide range of places, including hospitals and laboratories, but the greatest — and most toxic — volume is produced by the Energy Department and the 104 commercial nuclear reactors.

Then, the volume flow in the plant can be doubled, utilization of carbon from biomass will increase to nearly 100 %, and a large amount of usable waste heat will be produced by the catalyst (PtG operation).

Others, meanwhile, could reduce future nuclear waste burdens by operating for decades without refuelling, burning up more of their fuel and generating smaller volumes of waste.

State oil and gas regulators pushed back against the regulations, too, saying that enforcing the rules for Class 2 wells — which handle the vast majority of injected waste by volume — would be expensive and difficult.

Equally the sheer volume of waste produced by fast - fashion is completely unnecessary because nobody needs new clothes every week.

A Quiet Place thrives in the minute, simple details of this soundless world — characters padding along barefoot on sanded pathways, an iPod used by virtue of its outdated tech, doors left intentionally ajar to reduce squeak, a thunderous waterfall where one can speak at full volume — and the film is carefully constructed to not let any part go to waste.

«The sector is realising the significant environmental benefits as well as cost savings to be made by cutting the volume of waste going to landfill.

By packaging the battery pack into the floorpan, engineers not only avoided wasting passenger space (the 500e loses only four cubic feet of interior volume due to its electrification), but also gave the 500e better weight distribution than its gas - powered siblings.

If the food is made with lower quality ingredients such as by - products, grain fractions, and chemical preservatives, it will be less digestible and therefore excreted as waste in the form of higher stool volume and excess gas.

Per this same study, the top sources by total volume of plastic waste flowing into the ocean are located primarily in Southeast Asia, led by China, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.

The global volume of electronic waste is expected to grow by 33 % in the next four [continue reading...]

These consolidated operations produce food in high volume but lead to excessive waste created by large concentrations of animals, often handled in ways that can pollute air and water.

The City of Toledo «Recycling Fleet» could still go around every other week and collect only the Plastic and Metal portion of the waste stream identified in the 2003 state of Ohio study, previously cited, as consisting together of 20 % of the trash by weight and 32 % by volume.

The manure separation process removes 50 % of the manure solids and reduces the total waste volume by 20 %.

Knowing from the Waste Characterization Study (26) that 41 % by weight and 44 percent by volume is the paper fiber portion of the waste stream at Hoffman Road, and then assuming a rate of recovery at 30 percent of 156,029 tons, equals 46,808 possible tons of PEF annually.

Combined - cycle waste volume can be reduced by a factor of 1000.

We need to distinguish between earthquakes caused by fracking, and those caused by high volume disposal of liquid waste products.

An increasing number of public and private waste management operations have reduced construction debris volumes by recycling these materials.

Midwest Steel Blanking (Lombard, IL) 07/2004 — 08/2008 Director of Operations • Oversaw daily operations and management of 40 employees including 2 project managers • Served as an advisor to the President on all critical and strategic issues • Led presentations to banks, governmental agencies, potential investors, and large volume customers • Oversaw production, maintenance, quality control, and all other dealings with all outside vendors • Negotiated all insurance policies and contracts concerning account receivables and insurance related claims • Developed the ISO 9000 quality manual and OSHA safety awareness programs, training, and documentation • Trained future managers of the company in professional skills, managerial decision making, and business communications • Designed and implemented a new inventory control systems for managing raw - material and finished - goods • Ensured cost control limiting the direct expenses incurred and indirect impacts such as inefficiencies, downtime, and waste • Over a 3 year period, reduced the account receivables insurance premium from $ 55K to $ 13K / year • Renegotiated all other insurance contracts for better coverage and reduced premiums by 20 % • Reduced «outside parts manufacturing» cost by 50 % • Maintained the cost of all supplies at the 2004 levels • Instituted production reporting and operational data analyses for decision making • Reduced down time by 60 %, overall operation's cost by 4.5 %, and scrap generation by 3 % • Developed ISO 9001 quality manuals and handled external annual audits • Introduced safety procedures and training programs