Sentences with phrase «waste in a plastic bag»

Please collect dog waste in plastic bag and dispose of in red bin.

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Hwang says FiscalNote's platform recently helped Dow Chemical's lobbyists identify 18 bills around the country related to plastic bag disposal and waste emissions, two things that could have big effects on what it manufactures in its facilities in six states.

Maybe it's making for «no straw» in your drink when you go out, bringing your own bags to the grocery store, getting coffee or a smoothie in your own cup / jar, bringing your own silverware when you're out and about, switching from paper to cloth napkins, buying bread from a local bakery or making it yourself instead of buying in plastic, switching to a menstrual cup or washable cloth pads instead of disposable, there's so many different ways to produce less waste.

She said that the UK was a «world leader» when it came to cutting down plastic waste, citing recent policy changes from banning micro-beads in cosmetic products to 5p charges on plastic bags in supermarkets.

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Katie Anthony, a mother of two and a Seattle - based blogger at KatyKatiKate.com, cloth - diapered for her first baby but crossed over for her second, lamenting, «When you pull the Diaper Genie bag out of the pail, and you just see this blue plastic tube full of NASA - invented synthetic fibers that are soaked in human waste, and it's just this foul little sausage, there's a part of me that is really sad.»

Chobanian reasons that the country has become accustomed to recycling and reusing old newspapers, pop cans and bottles, plastic shopping bags, tires, motor oil and, in some places, waste water from toilets.

I make an effort to waste as little as possible and the food I purchase either doesn't come in a package (like fruits and veggies), comes in recyclable packaging (like canned beans or a jar of applesauce) or we buy in bulk (like nuts and grains) and reuse the plastic bags until they are no good.

A small proportion of our co sleeping deaths are horrible accidents that in retrospect could maybe have been prevented (in this group I include babies who fall down the gap between the bed and the wall and get wedged and become asphyxiated, or a baby who rolled out of bed and landed head first into a waste paper basket that had been lined with a plastic bag, or a baby who had been put up on the pillows but had slipped down the gap between the two pillows at the top of the bed and the pillows then moved over her face due to the parents shifting position.

Reynolds is just one of many parents who ascribe to a zero - waste philosophy, making their own diaper paste, storing their breastmilk in mason jars instead of plastic bags, and even sharing breastmilk to keep from using formula.

Supporters of the plastic bag fee say it's designed to cut down on environmentally harmful waste and surcharges in other cities have worked better than outright bans.

A ban on single - use plastic bags was one of several options put forward in January by a task force Cuomo created to study the issue of plastic bag waste.

A mayoral spokeswoman said de Blasio would work with the council to reduce plastic - bag waste as part of the city's environmental goals but declined to weigh in on the proposal.

«A fee on single - use paper and plastic disposable bags is the right way to reduce plastic bag waste in New York City,» he maintained.

Organic waste that should decompose quickly in landfills often does not because it is overly compacted or is in plastic bags that seal out oxygen and soil microbes.

Over in England, Silo, a coffeehouse, brewery, and restaurant, has gone entirely zero - waste by trading directly with farmers, opting for furniture made from recycled materials like industrial floor tiles and filing cabinets, and serving on plates and platters made of plastic bags.

Responsible owners pick up after their dog, but in doing so, put waste that is 100 % biodegradable into plastic bags that can take more than 100 years to decompose.

Before throwing out a product that may contain mercury, seal it in a plastic bag or leak - proof container and check with your local environmental, health or solid waste agency for disposal instructions, the FDA said.

A reusable utensil set and tote bag are other compact, useful items to pack that can save you a lot of unnecessary plastic waste when you're eating out in a new place.

On top of that, plastic bags are the second most common ocean waste (after cigarette butts) and they harm thousands of species of ocean wildlife each year (with an estimated 40,000 + pieces of plastic floating in each square mile of the ocean!).

I pack my daughter's lunch every day, and it feels like a pack a million containers in it because I don't want to waste plastic bags and I try not to use prepackaged foods.

Everything on the island is waste, from bags of maggot - infested food to piles of glass and plastic bottles, and in this brief moment, we're left to ponder the waste of human adaptation.

Make sure your kit includes doggie essentials as well: food & treats, leash, bowls, water, plastic bags (for collecting waste), a favorite toy, blanket or towel, bandages, your pet's medical history, and recent photos of your dog in case he goes missing).

Most poop or waste bags are basically plastic bags that come in a convenient rolled and tucked form so you can easily reach them when you are walking your dog.

It even comes with its own canine waste bag dispenser in a color that matches the ABS plastic casing.

Many clumping litters are sold in covered pails, which can be lined with plastic bags and used as handy waste bins near the litter box for scooped clumps and feces.

An affordable, sustainable alternative to regular waste pick - up bags made from fossil fuel plastics, GREEN PUPS are available in Refill Rolls (120ct.

Seal waste in the provided plastic bags before disposing in designated receptacles.

I always steer clear clay and anything that has scents originally I used blue buffalo walnut litter but the clumping effect was not where I wanted it to be and it tracked everywhere Bc of it color it also stared to stain my carpet and babies footies I stumbled across okocat and well all 3 of my cats love it and I do as well it clumps no smell natural best part I no longer make waste with plastic bags because it is flushable and wow do these boxes last with 3 cats constantly purchasing litter gets expensive now they get superior litter at a good price and less trips to purchase everything I've been wanting in litter best of all my carpet no longer stains HAPPY CATS HAPPY HOME thank you okocat

As noted on his website, Cannella discovered that plastic bags take thousands of years to break down, are the least recycled material and comprise the fourth highest generated waste in the U.S. (the top three are paper, yard trimmings and food scraps).

The Litter Robot Bubble works with clumping cat litter and you can place any plastic bag in the drawer to contain the waste.

Deserted white sand beaches and crystal clear waters offer a rich diversity of marine life, but sadly much coral bleaching and in some areas plastic waste — take a rubbish bag to fill up when you snorkel, and refuse single - use plastic.

Most Swedish grocery stores charge you for plastic or paper bags in an effort to keep waste low and encourage recycling so hang on to it while in Stockholm.

For this exhibition, Yeapanis has reduced her material choices and palette to colors found in three, regularly discarded types of material: tan - colored cardboard boxes and shipping tubes, multi-colored plastic dog waste bags, and the ivory tones of raw hand - spun wool.

The source of ocean plastic pollution is usually assumed to be mismanaged waste — those plastic bags and containers that get missed by the recycling truck or blown away in the wind.

So imagine my surprise when I found Milk in a plastic bag in Sainsbury's... Dairy Crestthe suppliers say that a 2 pint milk bag produces 75 % less packaging waste and landfill mass than a standard 2 pint plastic milk bottle.

U.S. cities started experimenting with ways to reduce plastic bag waste in the late 2000s, with cities like Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine, adopting small fees on single - use plastic bags.

It keeps them from building up methane gas (which is a major part of global warming) as they decompose in plastic trash bags, and it helps reduce the amount of waste in landfills.

So what I'm doing to meet local code and respect the land owner is bagging the waste every few weeks into a biodegradable «plastic» bag and then sending it along with the city trash; at that point its essentially like a diaper, but the plastic will break down in a landfill quickly.

While it's a good thing to lobby companies to use less packaging and to choose items with less packaging, change will take time in that direction and in the meanwhile, families will continue to produce plastic waste that needs bagging.

Judy Wakhungu, Kenya's Environment Minister told BBC: «Plastic bags now constitute the biggest challenge to solid waste management in Kenya».

«Plastic bags now constitute the biggest challenge to solid waste management in Kenya.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, in 2009 about 3.8 million tons of waste plastic «bags, sacks and wraps» were generated in the United States, but only 9.4 % of this total was recycled.

But locals in Washington DC also dreaded a tax on plastic bags a few months ago, which didn't prevent it from being a successful measure to cut waste.

It was created by design studio Lukatarina to help raise awareness about plastic - bag waste in Slovenia, which Artnak said totals about 130 to 150 bags per person annually.

If You Care currently markets food waste bags made in France in the US market made from potato startch plastics but the use of potato - based plastics is relaitvely uncommon in the US.

Send your kids off to school in style with the lunch boxes, silverware, napkins, and containers that will make them the most popular kid in the cafeteria — and, while you're at it, cut back on the waste inherent in disposable paper bags and plastic snack

Residents there say ships visiting harbors near à ‡ akmaklÄ ± drop their waste in the region's bays, turning them into a «plastic bag dumping area» where the water has become too dirty to swim in.

For example, in 2009 we reduced our plastic bag waste globally by about 66.5 million pounds, which is the equivalent of approximately 4.8 billion shopping bags.