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Tackling Landfill Odors on a Molecular Scale

2015-03-10 09:43:00| Waste Age

It all started with a dust control machine that put out too much water. Now one company is pioneering ways to curb odor problems at landfills. read more

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United Kingdom: Report: tackling food waste should be a priority

2015-02-26 18:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Cutting back food waste could save up to $300 billion (194bn) each year by 2030 and make a significant contribution to climate change mitigation efforts, according to a new report. The report Strategies to achieve economic and environmental gains by reducing food waste is from the UK governments Waste & Resource Action Programme and the Global Commission on the Economy. Globally around a third of all food produced ends up as waste, the value of this food is more than $400 billion (259bn)...

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U.S. West Coast ports to begin tackling backlog after labour deal

2015-02-22 00:26:31| Food - Topix.net

U.S. West Coast ports will resume full operations from Saturday evening after a tentative labour deal was reached between a dock workers union and a group of shippers, easing months of disruptions to trans-Pacific trade that have hit businesses from automakers to meat exports. The agreement involving 29 ports was announced late on Friday in a joint statement by the two sides.

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