Sentence examples for trash reduction from inspiring English sources

This official, she wrote, would be "responsible for all aspects of zero waste," which includes trash reduction through reuse, recycling and composting.

In terms of trash reduction, the Acqua Veritas campaign has already been a success, Venetian officials calculate, reducing the amount of plastic trash over all to 261 tons a month now from 288 tons a year ago.

Kristen Chavis, 9 Go Green Earth Day, Los Angeles, CA, USA: A day-long educational and action-oriented event at a low income elementary school in Los Angeles, CA. The event included food donations, electronic waste recycling, hands-on activities to teach trash reduction, energy and water conservation and to build the school's Youth Earth Club membership base.

The Daily News reports on the study conducted by the Organizations United for Trash Reduction and Garbage Equity (OUTRAGE) and finds there are a staggering 362 trucks per hour at six major intersection in the area, a significant spike from the 300 trucks recorded in 2004.

But Mr. Quadri disputes the city's trash-reduction figures, calling them "a dance of numbers," and he argues that Mexico's recycling market cannot absorb more than 20 percent of the country's waste.

A spokeswoman for the city's Sanitation Department said the reduction in trash at the two pilot locations had not burdened its collection operations at street level.

Bottle bills ("A Deposit on Water Bottles: Clear Contents, Murky Issue," April 24) have a positive impact on the reduction of roadside trash and the amount of materials submitted for recycling.

As the variable for environmental awareness, the degree of reduction in household trash emission (decreased = 1, not decreased = 0) was used.

Stages at LIB are made from recycled materials, the event runs partially on solar energy, and volunteers sort through trash as part of a waste-reduction program.

Along with recycling, Maret has set up composting in the lunchroom, reduced its use of plastic trash bag liners, and pursued other waste reduction, water and energy conservation measures on campus.

The government's conservation campaign used slogans such as "Make economy fashionable lest it become obligatory" and resulted in an approximate 10% reduction in the production of trash.