The Future of Composting

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In January New York became the sixth state to legalize it and that will go into effect later this month. There are currently bills passing through state houses in five states including Nevada, Minnesota and Connecticut. And for its part recomposed which is the company run by Katrina Spade says there are several thousand people on a waiting list a quarter of them under the age of 49.

Links with China and allegations of surveillance have highlighted the threat that the social-media app may pose to national security. There is bipartisan support for some regulation—but could there be an outright ban? Britain’s courts are falling into disrepair, delaying justice for thousands. And the eco-friendly alternative to traditional burials.

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