Moreover, many items that are collected, such as plastic straws and bags, eating utensils, yogurt and takeout containers often cannot be recycled. They usually end up being incinerated, deposited in landfills or washed into the ocean. While incineration is sometimes used to produce energy,waste-...
What toxic pollution was spared by producing PU instead of PVC is neutered by its disposability and profusion in landfills. Why are consumers misled about faux and bonded leather? Most folks — consumers and salespeople alike — don’t know how to tell the difference between real and artificial ...
Landfills cause another problem in addition to taking up lots of space. The assortment of chemicals thrown into landfills, plus the chemicals that result when garbage breaks down and blends into a toxic soup known as leachate, creates huge amounts of pollution. Leachate can drain out of the la...
Landfills cause another problem in addition to taking up lots of space. The assortment of chemicals thrown into landfills, plus the chemicals that result when garbage breaks down and blends into a toxic soup known as leachate, creates huge amounts of pollution. Leachate can drain out of the la...
business fell by $197 million.) Since it makes money when materials end up in a landfill or waste-to-energy plant, but loses it when people recycle, the company has no financial incentive to help increase recycling rates. “Big Waste” companies now run the majority of landfills in the ...
Refrigeration appliances may require specialized recyclers to remove the Freon gas before recycling. That’s why some recyclers and landfills charge a fee for accepting these appliances. Others charge a fee for any large objects that they accept. ...
That’s a major environmental problem, because the plastics that get dumped in landfills and oceans stick around for a century or more. But they’re not making climate change worse. To figure the Green Premiums on materials, you need to understand where emissions come from when we make ...
The paper points to the lack of NSPS standards governing NOx and the blind eye turned by RCRA to the disposal of heavy metal contaminated spent FCC catalyst waste disposed to landfills. It elaborates upon the potential for multi-media risk-exacerbations resulting from inter-unit pollutant ...
Leather jackets can be expensive to replace, and prices can increase depending on the quality of the leather. Therefore, repairing a leather jacket can prevent it from contributing to the millions of garments being thrown into landfills. By repairing your clothing, you may extend the life of the...
4. I love vintage furniture because it’s usually better made than the current stuff, has more style and by buying/refurbishing/re-painting them, we keep them out of the landfills. At this point, most of the hard furniture (dressers, desks, etc) in our house is vintage. And almost ev...