Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Risa Maeda Sakura - With animal feed and fertiliser prices at record highs, Japan's food recycling industry is seeing greater demand than ever before for pellets for pigs and poultry made from recycled leftovers. Japan disposes of some 20 millions tonnes of food waste a year, five times as much as world food aid to the poor in 2007. The leftovers used to be dumped in land fills where they decomposed and produced the greenhouse gas methane. But government legislation since 2001 has spurred a recycling industry that turns food scraps into animal feed and fertiliser, or ships leftovers off to...
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Massive fuel spill closes part of Mississippi River
CNN
CNN
(CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has closed 29 miles of the Mississippi River from New Orleans southward after a tanker and a barge collided, spilling more than 400,000 gallons of...
Why dope? Riders don't fear tests, rewards beckon -
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago...
San Jose Announced as Host City for Expanded 2009 Amgen Tour of California
Stockhouse
Stockhouse
World-Class Professional Cyclists Will Return to California in February to Compete Across 800 Miles of the State in Nine-Day Stage Race SAN JOSE, CA, Jul 23, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via...
Branded Websites Are the Most Effective Online Marketing Tactic for Pharmaceutical Marketers, comScore Study Finds
Stockhouse
Stockhouse
Online Advertising Also Has a Significant Impact on Brand Awareness and Favorability for Both Patients and Prospects RESTON, Va., July 23, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX...
Survey: Gas and violence among hurricane worries
The News & Observer
The News & Observer
MIAMI - Nearly one-fourth of people in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina would refuse to evacuate for a storm if told to, a survey released Wednesday by Harvard University found....
Study: Nearly 25% would not heed evacuation order
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
TOOLS MIAMI - Nearly one-fourth of people in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina would refuse to evacuate for a storm if told to, a survey released today by Harvard University...
Military sexual assault victims face tough recovery
Knox News
Knox News
AP Photo / Pablo Martinez Monsivai Carolyn Schapper poses in her home in Washington, D.C., July 3, 2008. Schapper was harassed in Iraq by a fellow Army National Guard soldier to...
Yoga lessons for Congressmen in US
The Times Of India
The Times Of India
23 Jul 2008, 2142 hrs IST,PTI HOUSTON: Noted yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who recently laid the foundation stone for a USD 20 million yoga and...
Harvard survey: Nearly 25 percent of people affected by Katrina would not evacuate for a storm
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
MIAMI - Nearly one-fourth of people in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina would refuse to evacuate for a storm if told to, a survey released Wednesday by Harvard University found....
