Sentence examples for tons of orange from inspiring English sources

Orange Fiber aims to rescue some of the 700,000 tons of orange peel that are discarded to create juice in Italy every year and transform it into a soft and silky fabric, ideal for clothes.

A few years ago, Treuer discovered that 12,000 metric tons of orange peels had transformed a deforested swath of Costa Rica into a lush forest, giving him not only an extraordinary research opportunity but also a chance to write up his findings for the public on the University's sustainable development site, Highwire Earth, in January.

Each year, Tropicana alone dries 700,000 tons of orange peels that become feed.

There are posters everywhere, and the streets are filled with tons of orange, blue and white flags and streamers.

It takes ten tons of oranges to create a thousand pounds of bitter-orange essence, which Rémy typically imports from the Ivory Coast.

The haul from the homes and the farm included 1,760 pounds of ivory, 14 handmade guns, 14 refrigerators and freezers, 5 stoves, 3 tractors, a pickup truck and 400 tons of oranges, the family said.

Because there was no custom of eating olives among Afghans, almost the entire crop, 2,600 tons a year, was shipped to Russia in the late 1970s, along with 7,000 tons of oranges, according to an engineer named Hakim who now leads the Nangarhar Valley Development Authority, which has responsibility for the farms.

PepsiCo globally grows or sources several million tons of fruits and vegetables: 4 million tons of potatoes for our Lays brand; 3 million tons of oranges and other fruits and vegetables for Tropicana, Naked Juice and SoBe brands; and 600,000 tons of oats for Quaker.

The ship, part of Convoy SL-36, was en route from Buenos Aires to London with a cargo of 5,630 tons of frozen meat and 1,000 tons of oranges.

Today, The Daily Mail notes, the festival ships in 57,000 crates, or 400 tons, of oranges for the citrus-flinging festivities.

"The first full-scale test to make 500 gallons of the base honey wine required 1,100 pounds — half a metric ton — of orange blossom honey," Mr. Tiedge said.