Sentence examples for quantity of garbage from inspiring English sources

Under Spain's labor legislation, Lipasam has to guarantee that 30 percent of the normal quantity of garbage is collected even during a strike, particularly around hygiene-sensitive areas like hospitals and slaughterhouses.

Recycling also played an important role during the second world war, when scrap metal was turned into weapons.As industrial societies began to produce ever-growing quantities of garbage, recycling took on a new meaning.

While the amount of garbage incinerated has remained the same (1.6 million tons a year), the institute says the quantity transported off-Island has spiked: from 443,000 tons in 2001 to 1.1 million tons in 2006.

The amount of garbage in the refuse of an individual home can be reduced by garbage grinders, or garbage disposals.

It is therefore reasonable to assume that our study participants might have on average combusted large quantities of charcoal and garbage during pregnancy with the cumulative adverse effect reflected in the large effect estimates reported.

The Archaeology of Garbage".

EXPERTS said methane production depends on the type of garbage — organic-laden municipal solid waste is the best producer — how old and how tightly bundled it is, the quantity and, especially, weather conditions.

"I'm ordering tons of garbage.

Hills of garbage line the streets.

Piles of garbage and flies are everywhere.

The Year of Garbage was 2006.