Sentences with phrase «waste problem»

Scientists and entrepreneurs present their vision about tackling the global food waste problem.

The nuclear design I am investing in would be safer than previous designs and would go a long way toward solving the nuclear waste problem.

Until recently, it was a monument to the industry's shame, a liquid waste problem for which oil companies had no solution.

The discovery could be used to develop new ways to tackle the earth's growing plastic waste problem.

If the process works as well as its creators claim, not only would most toxic waste problems become history, so would imported oil.

While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or natural gas, many panel makers are nevertheless grappling with a hazardous waste problem.

It's a sign of a much bigger waste problem, and a reminder - Repair, reuse, responsibly recycle.

But the low - level waste problem is already affecting reactor applications.

Our electronic gadgets are notoriously difficult to recycle and have created waste problems few know how to deal with.

Can nuclear power overcome the cost, safety and waste problems undermining the energy source?

Local farmers can benefit from the biomass supply chain, which can also help prevent potential agricultural waste problems.

On top of that at least some of the current nuclear waste we have could be used as fuel for these reactors, this making our current waste problem less of an issue.

Here's a look at how with new technology and greater awareness, we can solve the world's food waste problem.

The resource gains would be modest, whereas the long - term waste problem would remain, and the entire effort would delay for only a short time the need for efficient fast reactors.

«When you think about the wasted water, energy, cropland, shipping, and production costs that go into producing food that is ultimately thrown away uneaten, you see a more comprehensive picture of the food waste problem in America,» said Steve Russell, vice president of plastics at the American Chemistry Council, which sponsors Plastics Make it Possible.

Small towns want to solve Canada's decades - old nuclear waste problem by burying it in their backyards.

Nissenbaum will be speaking at Viva Technology, in Paris, tomorrow (June 30), in a seminar entitled «Solving the flexible packaging waste problem with technology».

The ReFED Food Waste Innovator Database is a living compilation of hundreds of commercial and nonprofit entities that are turning the food waste problem into an opportunity for impact.

Shrink your contribution to the packaging waste problem by packing your own snacks in reusable containers for work or school.

The situation is a clear example of what may await the rest of the country if we have get a climate bill passed, Many environmentalists are against nuclear power because of waste problems, safety issues, and the idea that money spent on nuclear is better spent on renewables like wind and solar.

martphone glass is one of the lesser publicised large - scale waste problems that humanity needs to find a way of dealing with.

Together, FullCycle and Synova are turning our growing waste problem into a valuable resource: highly - efficient, cost - effective clean energy that benefits our planet.

In addition to plugging P&G «s Pampers and Luvs diapers, the commercials are addressing environmental criticism that has been aimed at disposable diapers, saying the disposables are «compostable «and urging consumers to learn more about solutions to community solid waste problems.

The nation's staggering food waste problem reflects chronic inefficiencies in the American food system — 40 % of food produced in the US ends up in the landfill at the same time that one in seven Americans faces food...

I want people to see the creative value in reusing, rather than always wanting new from the store, which contributes to our massive waste problem.

«We very quickly saw that if you're an organization tracking your inventory and inventory waste, what you really want is a report that someone can read to understand waste problems.

Through the partnership with FullCycle Energy Fund, this technology will be employed in converted energy plants and help fight both environmental and waste problems so that we can transition from our outdated, harmful modes of energy production and embrace these new methods that will better our earth for generations to come.

«Underpinning the community's frustration is the continued role of the Commonwealth, whose track record addressing our priority waste problems is littered with failure and a disturbing trend to misrepresent the scope of the problem.»

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

Using that money, Mr. Giardina said, «seems inappropriate when there is a $ 2.2 billion fund to address every septic waste problem we have here,» he said of the E.P.A.'s Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

The process described — transforming turkey guts, old tires, used plastic bottles, and municipal sewage into fuel oil — struck some readers as more like alchemy than chemistry and struck others as the answer to energy shortages, not to mention the solution to some of America's worst waste problems.

He says he is confident that the process can indeed solve thorny waste problems, supplement oil supplies, become an odor - free «good neighbor,» and at last, become immensely lucrative.

They also destroy the matrix resin materials in the composites, creating a messy mixture of chemicals and an additional waste problem.

New Mexico's methane waste problem first made international headlines when a 2014 NASA study revealed a 2,500 - square - mile methane «hot spot» over the Four Corners region — the highest concentration of this pollution found anywhere in the U.S. Researchers later learned that pollution from New Mexico's oil and gas facilities were largely the cause of this massive methane cloud.

The bookish retort that the e-readers take more energy to make, consume electricity, contain more chemicals, and create a greater waste problem when thrown away.

Speak out to the supermarkets, which author and activist Tristram Stuart describes as «the apex of power in our food system», capable of solving a lot of the world's food waste problems overnight, if only they wanted to.

Two men from Kampala, Uganda, have perfected a technique of turning rubbish into a versatile fuel, helping to tackle the town's escalating waste problem.

Pragya Seeds Nepal is a Nepali NGO created by young Nepali entrepreneur that is concerned with spreading Zero Waste over Nepal, supporting the local economy and the environment through a community - approach of the obvious and worrying waste problem of this country.

Government - run services collect only 30 to 40 percent of the country's solid waste, mostly in higher income areas; poor communities are left with mounting waste problems that can have deadly consequences.

If adopted in North America, this could be solution to a very serious waste problem.

Segal's aim is to get viewers to see that in order to tackle the enormous waste problem, one has to start at the personal level, where it all begins — even if it means starting small.

And the Sydney Metropolitan Area is said to have a total annual waste problem of around 7 million tonnes.

TimeSolv offers an efficient and comprehensive solution to this time wasting problem.

«Using our green manufacturing technologies, these microfactories can transform waste where it is stockpiled and created, enabling local businesses and communities to not only tackle local waste problems but to develop a commercial opportunity from the valuable materials that are created.»

That's a bulky, space - wasting problem for some, one addressed by ultra short - throw projectors — that is, projectors that can be mounted very closely to the projection screen.

Friends of the Earth Latvia organises protest campaigns on issues including hazardous waste problems in Latvia, European Union accession transparency, regional planning and insufficient EIA procedure cases.

«Researchers crack 50 - year - old nuclear waste problem, make storage safer: Scientists figure out how to remove americium from nuclear waste pools, opening the door for expanding the use of one of the cleanest and efficient energy sources on the planet.»

Today, we're exploring the massive plastic waste problem with tell - it - like - it - is trailblazer Tom Szaky.