Sentences with phrase «waste coming from food»

Currently, residents of Montréal generate, on average, 350 kilograms (772 lbs) of garbage per person each year, with an estimated 70 percent of that waste coming from food products; but the attitude toward waste is shifting as awareness of environmental consequences grows.

Landfills are filling up, and much of a school's waste comes from the food and packaging chucked in the garbage at lunch.

According to Evoware, the development of a seaweed - based packaging company in Indonesia has the potential to address several issues, the first of which is that nation is «the world's second largest plastic contributor to the ocean,» and that some 90 % of plastic waste ends up in the ocean, and «70 % of that waste comes from food and beverage packaging.»

About half of that waste comes from food scraps and other organic materials, producing methane and other greenhouse gases as it decomposes.

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«I think the quantity we are wasting is indicative of how we don't respect food — where it comes from, who grows it — and getting to that point is part of it.

While many food companies focus on improving sustainability purely from the perspective of the amount of packaging and the materials used, ConAgra Foods understands that the biggest threat to sustainability in the United States actually comes from wasted food, Tavill says.

I like to think we are slowly moving towards a better understanding, more people are making an attempt to stop food waste and think about where their food is coming from.

Part of the food waste problem comes from problems of over-supply.

Reducing food waste also impacts climate change as 20 percent of total U.S. methane emissions come from landfills.

Most food waste comes from consumers, but the amount lost in the logistics systems comes in a close second.

Ankathi and Shonnard dug into the piles of organic waste coming into Colorado's Heartland Biogas Facility LLC and assessed the process that turns food waste from restaurants in Denver and manure from dairy farms near the facility into bio-methane, an energy source.

The waste that was examined included collections from drains as well as 10 latrines and cesspits, which yielded mineralized and charred food waste coming from kitchens and excrement.

Like most residents of developed nations who hadn't traveled broadly in the developing world, the sight of smoldering rubbish piles, which contain anything from food waste to plastics to electronics, came as a surprise to Wiedinmyer, who works at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo..

This is to not have food waste, to build creativity and come up with some new recipes, to take a break from spending, and to not impulsively buy food just because I'm in the mood for something even though we have plenty of healthy food to eat already.

Maybe that's why there's such higher diabetes risk, since more than 90 % of the persistent organic pollutants comes from animal foods — unless you work in a chemical factory, or stumble across some toxic waste.

This coming week we will be using some of the left overs from the big feast, that is one of the great things about meal planning you can use every bit of food with very little waste.

A food themed colouring activity to inspire students to think about the food we eat, the waste we produce, and where our food comes from.

These wastes result from the body's metabolism, and many of them come from food.

Typical brands of animal's food in the market may contain alarming ingredients such as by - products, ingredients that come from dead animals, and animal waste.

He said: «Food waste makes up a significant proportion of the household waste we throw out each week, with over 70 % of the food waste dumped in landfills coming from househoFood waste makes up a significant proportion of the household waste we throw out each week, with over 70 % of the food waste dumped in landfills coming from househofood waste dumped in landfills coming from households.

The future of sustainable public transport could come through fueling buses with gas made from two of the things that we seem to have a lot of, human waste and food waste.

Most of the waste by weight from schools comes from just two categories: paper and card, and food waste.

The event, «Feelings, Facts, Food and GMOs — A Fresh Look,» * is part of FoodYou, a year - long initiative of the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies (where I've been based since early 2010) that is designed to focus students, faculty and staff on the under - appreciated back story behind our food choices and habits, from the «concentrated animal feeding operations» (also called CAFOs) that supply most meat and poultry to the costs that come with food waFood and GMOs — A Fresh Look,» * is part of FoodYou, a year - long initiative of the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies (where I've been based since early 2010) that is designed to focus students, faculty and staff on the under - appreciated back story behind our food choices and habits, from the «concentrated animal feeding operations» (also called CAFOs) that supply most meat and poultry to the costs that come with food wafood choices and habits, from the «concentrated animal feeding operations» (also called CAFOs) that supply most meat and poultry to the costs that come with food wafood waste.

Tina Casey at sister site Cleantechnica has come across a different approach to harnessing the waste from food processing: harnessing the electrochemical properties of apple peels for a sodium - ion battery.

Bullfrog's green fuel comes from used cooking oils from restaurants and kitchen facilities and waste streams from food manufacturing.

The waste feedstocks for the process will most likely come from a mixture of sources ranging from food scraps and other household material such as grass and tree cuttings, to agricultural and industrial waste.

Much of the proposed biomass use comes from plant residues from agriculture and food processing, sawdust and residues from forestry and wood processing, manure, and municipal waste.

The bigger picture is that food waste is a huge issue, and sending food waste (and yard waste and other organic materials) to landfills is a ridiculous practice which adds to methane emissions (20 % comes from landfills, according to the EPA).

A diverse group of researchers from the National Autonomous University (UNAM) and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) recently came together to find a way to redirect the food waste from the dump to local farmers for compost.

Ingredients come from the freshest sources and are measured to the exact quantities needed so there's no food waste.