Sentences with phrase «waste generation rates»

Our methods for this estimate were to look at per person waste generation rates in 2010 from 192 countries with a coastline in the world.

This project will assist businesses in reducing food waste generation rates.

Not exact matches

A: In 2005 (and again in 2010), we set a goal to reduce our solid waste (including food waste) generation rate in our manufacturing operations by 50 % in 2015 versus our fiscal 2005.

We know about adverse health effects, and property devaluation, and wasted subsidies that have increased hydro rates, of excess generation of power that has to «exported» to others (we pay them to take it), of injurious affection and the list goes on.

Solid waste generation in the United States continues to rise at a steady rate.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy production: coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate production; natural gas plant liquids production; dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production; nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates); conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedstock.

Archaeological excavations have yielded thicker cultural layers from periods of prosperity; correspondingly, modern waste - generation rates can be correlated to various indicators of affluence, including gross domestic product (GDP) / cap, energy consumption / cap,, and private final consumption / cap (Bingemer and Crutzen, 1987; Richards, 1989; Rathje et al., 1992; Mertins et al., 1999; US EPA, 1999; Nakicenovic et al., 2000; Bogner and Matthews, 2003; OECD, 2004).