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VernalisΒ βΒ Greg Pryor began composting yard and food waste for San Francisco in 1996, and today he oversees nine industrial-sized composting sites in California and Oregon that turn discarded banana peels, coffee grounds, chicken bones and more into a dark, nutrient-rich soil that farmers covet for their fields and crops. His company, Recology, processes organic waste…
The Official Receiver has reached a deal with the commodities trading giant, Glencore, that will ensure supplies of crude oil to the ailing Lindsey refinery following its owner’s collapse this week. Sky News has learnt that the OR – which oversees the initial stages of bankruptcies ordered by a court – struck an agreement with…
Dave Roberts had some goals in mind for starting pitcher Dustin May on Thursday. And they had little to do with the final result. βThe first thing is his ability to go deeper in games,β the Dodger manager said. βThe sweeper has got to be a more effective pitch. His sinker has got to be…
July 5 2024, 1pm: I remember the moment so clearly. Keir Starmer stepped out of his sleek black car, grasped the hand of his wife Vic, dressed in Labour red, and walked towards a jubilant crowd of Labour staffers, activists and MPs waving union jacks and cheering a Labour prime minister into Downing Street for…
I didnβt think my level of loathing for the Max sequel to HBOβs βSex and the Cityβ could get any higher, and just like that, along came Season 3. You see what I did there? Like every single person who has written about βAnd Just Like That…,β I have used the title in a naked…
Leaseholders will be able to more easily challenge extortionate service charges, the government has said. For those who are trapped in the midst of the leasehold scandal, the reforms cannot come soon enough. They have been promised change for many years by successive governments and by Labour in opposition, so any progress will be welcome,…
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will no longer be able to enter Australia after releasing a song that praises Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Tony Burke, Australiaβs home affairs minister, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Wednesday that the country had canceled his visa in early May, around the time βHeil Hitlerβ was released. Ye…
Wales should “learn” from the SNP’s successes in Scotland, according to the man who could well be the next first minister of Wales.Β Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth told Sky News: “I believe that we will not be able to fully release our potential until we’re an independent nation.” He admitted “not everybody agrees”…
The Dodgers will be without Max Muncy for approximately six weeks after the third baseman was placed on the injured list Thursday with what the team is calling a bone bruise in his left knee. Muncy was injured in the sixth inning of Wednesdayβs walk-off win over the Chicago White Sox when Chicagoβs Michael Taylor…
An unnamed woman this week sued prominent British soccer agent Jonathan Barnett, accusing him of raping her and keeping her as a βsex slave.β The woman alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that Barnett coerced her into becoming his βsex slaveβ and used his companyβs resources to aid…
