soil and water pollution and more people living in cities, China will face increasing pressure to meet its food needs domestically. China intends to spend heavily in coming years to buy overseas food businesses.
■ Former BB exec launches disposal site Leo Raudys, a former Best Buy executive has started a website to help companies get rid of their old computers and other electronics. According to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the site, Riduvit.com, connects companies with preselected e-waste vendors who compete for the business of wiping clean and recycling old computers, monitors, servers, TVs, mobile devices and point-of-sale systems. He said he started the site after talking with many company executives who were frustrated about the process and unsure if they are paying fair prices for the work. “If you’re a business looking to get rid of the stuff responsibly and cost effectively, it’s really, really hard to do,” he told the Business Journal.
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