Booming secondhand clothing sales may help sustainability

A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years – from $28 billion in 2019 to $80 billion in 2029 – in a U.S. market currently worth $379 billion. In 2019,…

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Tyson managers suspended after allegedly betting if workers would contract COVID

Tyson Foods Inc., which says it produces 20% of the beef, pork and chicken in the U.S., has suspended managers at an Iowa plant accused of participating in a betting pool on how many employees would become ill with COVID-19, according to NPR. President and CEO Dean Banks also announced the company has launched an investigation led…

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Expect these 8 changes to OSHA under the Biden administration

According to a report by JD Supra: Create An Emergency Temporary Standard For COVID-19. Biden likely will work with unions and other worker advocacy groups to develop a COVID-19 standard if the pandemic continues to impact worker safety in early 2021, especially if no vaccine is immediately available. Employers should begin taking actions now to ensure…

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CDC issues Thanksgiving travel warning

An urgent warning against travel came last week from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after more than a million new Covid cases were recorded over seven days. Some governors and state officials have been even more blunt: stay home, according to Politico. “What’s at stake is basically the increased chance of one…

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Meatpacking industry achieves record low workplace injury rate

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report for 2019 details that workplace injuries have reached a record low in the meatpacking industry, according to Pork Business. The amount of non-fatal workplace injuries reported to OSHA in 2019 was four cases per 100 full time workers. It is a dramatic drop from 1999’s 17.1 industry incidence rate.…

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NIOSH awards $1.5 million for research to reduce exposures to workplace hazards through robotic technology

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $1.5 million over three years to the University of Illinois at Chicago and Worcester Polytechnic Institute to fund projects aimed at reducing workers’ exposures to hazards through the development and use of collaborative robots, or co-robots, according to Robotics Tomorrow. CDC’s National Institute for Occupational…

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Research: nearly 90% of travelers would rather interact with a mobile app than a human to manage their hotel stay

A new research study conducted by custom software solutions provider Metova, based on a new blind survey of over 1000 people in the United States who have stayed at a hotel, resort, or casino in the past two years, reveals guest sentiment about COVID-19 practices, concerns, and technology in the hospitality industry, according to Hotel Technology. Notably, according…

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EPA: Waste generation far outpaced recycling in 2018

The U.S. recycling and composting rate took a significant dive in 2018, falling from 35% to 32%, according to new figures from the federal government., according to Resource Recycling. EPA recently published national waste and recycling data for the 2018 calendar year. The agency found the U.S. generated 292 million short tons of waste, of which 69…

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Biden calls for stimulus ahead of a ‘Dark Winter’ for the country

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned on Monday of a “very dark winter” ahead and called on Congress to pass a large economic stimulus package immediately to help workers, businesses, and state and local governments struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, according to The New York Times. Mr. Biden gave his first major policy speech since…

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Biden Names 13 Health Experts To COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board

President-elect Joe Biden named 13 health experts to his Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board on Monday, advancing his plans despite uncertainty over how much the Trump administration will cooperate amid its ongoing legal challenge to the election results, according to the Washington Post. The coronavirus has spread at alarming rates in the U.S. in recent weeks.…

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