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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

below transits in December 2015, before the Neopanamax locks went into service. “We are in discussion with the City Council to create the Department of Sustainable Delivery ,” Adams said. It’s not just vehicles that are taking up space on city streets these days. December transits fell 4.7% versus October.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

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The made-to-fit boxes, along with other efforts to reduce the use of cardboard, have cut the average weight of packaging used per shipment by 38 percent since 2015. The retailer has invested in CMC through its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund, a venture-capital fund focused on investing in sustainable technologies.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

After a pilot test in New York City, Grubhub Goods is expanding to 3,000 locations around the country — covering most of Grubhub’s markets — and offering items for delivery like energy drinks, toiletry items, and snacks delivered by Grubhub drivers. Well, the avian flu looks like it is back.

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Supply Chain News on NRF 2015 Day 1 Video Review and Comment

Supply Chain Digest

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Exhibit Floor in New York City

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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

Readers old enough to remember the 1960s, might recall the television show “Green Acres” starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. FarmedHere said in 2015 that it planned to build 18 farms near major cities. Farm livin’ is the life for me.

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Supply Chain News on NRF 2015 Day 1 Video Review and Comment

Supply Chain Digest

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Exhibit Floor in New York City'

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Consumers Demand Supply Chain Accountability Down to the Last Straw

Material Handling & Logistics

A 2015 study concluded that the ocean contains an estimated 150 million tons of plastic, with 8 million tons added annually, which is roughly equivalent to a garbage truckload dumped in it every minute. There are also active attempts to prohibit straws in New York City, Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., and San Francisco.