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3BL Media
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Grocery stores and households both play a part in managing the amount of surplus food, whether unsold or uneaten, that is discarded into landfills. According to ReFED, it makes up 24% of all landfill inputs , making food the number one material in landfills. Wasted food is responsible for 58% of landfill methane emissions.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 8, 2023
Governments should consider introducing a combination of incentives and penalties, such as pay-as-you-throw (PAYT), if they are serious about lowering the volume of waste sent to landfill, argues Chris Williams of ISB Global , a UK-based software and solutions provider for the global waste management and recycling sector.
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Sustainability Matters
DECEMBER 17, 2023
Rendering contributes to the circular economy by diverting this material from landfills into an organic recycling process. The pumps are also capable of pumping solid materials such as rags, ear tags, gloves and other debris. From this material, the company manufactures nutrient-rich protein meal and tallows/oils.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 11, 2023
Envirotec struggles to find solid takeaways in the literature about PFAS contamination in landfills, and what might be done about it. Numerous studies attest to their presence in landfills large and small, young and old, across diverse geographies and using different modes of operation.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Environmental Protection Agency , composting isn’t much better than sending food to the landfill. Because source reduction has such strong economic benefits, the sustainability aspect gets to tag along. According to the U.S. According to Dang, many parts of an industrial kitchen are siloed. Pull Quote. Is it overproduction?
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2019
PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. Finding the solution through innovative technology.
Ryan Baker
MAY 29, 2019
The problem they looked at was that one of the three providers was tagging bins as contaminated at a rate 20 times higher than their competitors. The best way to change this is to incentive the public using a Pay-as-you-Throw system , where residents are charged for the volume of waste sent to the landfill, and charged less for recycling.
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