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January 2016

Published: February 16, 2016
Updated: February 10, 2017February 16, 2016
by Editorial Staff

Features from the January 2016 print edition:

Buying power
Changing the game changer
China’s new normal
EPA’s food waste mission
The Oregon plastics trail
The path toward progress

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