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Sayed Elhoushy, Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on Inner London residents food waste ...

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ATLANTA, Ga. — The Georgia General Assembly passed a bill that allows for human remains to be composted. Senate Bill 241 ...

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