PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE Impact Earth staff empty household food scraps into a Dumpster at the company s headquarters on Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road. Impact Earth recently acquired Monroe County s other residential food scrap hauler, Community Composting. An earthy, musty smell hangs in the air of Impact Earth’s cavernous headquarters on Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, where crews are emptying buckets of vegetable peels, apple cores, coffee grounds, egg shells, and other food scraps into totes destined for small farms for composting into a top soil-like material. Roughly 20 tons of food scraps pass through the facility each week, according to the company, organic waste collected from residential customers and commercial clients, such as restaurants and institutional kitchens, that would otherwise sit in a landfill.
WASHINGTON - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the watchdog created after the 2008 financial meltdown and largely muzzled in the Trump era, is poised to start barking again.
The Tampa Bay Times on where Florida ranks in the vaccination process:
Depending on who’s talking, Florida is either a leader or a laggard in inoculating residents against COVID-19. And it’s possible to find data to back up either claim.
Florida, for instance, doesn’t look so good compared to Alaska and West Virginia, which lead the nation in the percentage of residents who have received at least one dose of the vaccine. But Florida has administered more of its available vaccine than Pennsylvania, Arizona and about 20 other states. Two data points, two different conclusions.
Many Floridians trying to get a shot have described the system as slow, frustrating and “absolute chaos.” On the flip side, a recent Wall Street Journal column said “those seeking solutions must come to grips with the reality of red states such as Florida, West Virginia and Texas accomplishing COVID inoculations, while blue California and New York falter.”
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The U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a consumer watchdog organization, recently published a report reviewing 750 products showing the fluctuations of a variety of essential products during the pandemic. The report, comparing price listings on Amazon from Dec. 1, 2019 to Dec. 1, 2020, found that of the 750 products, “409 saw price increases of more than 20% and 136 at least doubled in price.” Notably, “patio heaters showed the 10 largest price increases by percentage,” and “of the 409 listings with price increases of more than 20%, approximately 1 in 7 were sold directly by Amazon.” Among the products that the report found the greatest increases in were cloth masks, surgical gloves, eye pr
Today s Business: Toy safety goes beyond the holiday season
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People the world over are on lockdown and taking other precautions to protect themselves from COVID-19. But one danger that has been overlooked during this time is toy safety.
As more and more children stay home due to remote learning, there is more opportunity for them to get injured by their toys. One other major concern parents must be aware of is the lapse in toy inspections caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, parents also need to be mindful of the ease with which technology gifts can be hacked.