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Takeaway food and drink litter dominates ocean plastic, study shows | Plastics

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Plastic items from takeaway food and drink dominate the litter in the world’s oceans, according to the most comprehensive study to date.

Single-use bags, plastic bottles, food containers and food wrappers are the four most widespread items polluting the seas, making up almost half of the human-made waste, the researchers found. Just 10 plastic products, also including plastic lids and fishing gear, accounted for three-quarters of the litter, due to their widespread use and extremely slow degradation.

The scientists said identifying the key sources of ocean plastic made it clear where action was needed to stop the stream of litter

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Groundbreaking food pop-up Cafe Ohlone’s anticipated new restaurant will land at UC Berkeley

6 hours ago Benz Seo

Cafe Ohlone, the world’s first and only Ohlone food pop-up, is gearing up to reopen as a full-on restaurant at the UC Berkeley campus.

The new Cafe Ohlone is slated to open in November in the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Owners Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino said diners can expect a similar experience as the original Cafe Ohlone, which took over the back of University Press Books in Berkeley for meals three days a week. In addition to sharing the Ohlone culture and storytelling, the pop-ups featured dishes using native ingredients like smoked trout draped with bay laurel-blackberry … Read More

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How The Pandemic Is Changing The Way Restaurant Employees Get Paid

7 hours ago Benz Seo

Restaurant staffers and owners say this reckoning was a long time coming.

Photos courtesy of Hunky Dory, Sylvain, and HipCityVeg; design by Grace Han for Thrillist

When Emily Blackman was a young server in New York City more than a decade ago, she would frequently get the same question. Well-meaning customers, in an attempt to make conversation, would ask: “What’s your real job?” While many restaurant workers in the city were trying to fund their dreams of being an actor, the implication was that, because of crappy pay and unstable hours, no one would choose to work in food service—that

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Alcohol beverage companies made an estimated $17.5 billion on underage drinking in 2016, study says | News

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(CNN) — An estimated $17.5 billion of beer and liquor sales in the United States in 2016 was consumed by minors, with the products of three companies — AB InBev, Molson Coors Beverage Co. and Diageo — accounting for nearly 45% of underage youth consumption, a new study found.

“A study of this kind hasn’t been done in some 20 years, and it shows that the alcohol industry is making billions of dollars from the sale of alcohol to minors,” said study author Pamela Trangenstein, an assistant professor at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of

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10 (non-Dora) places to drink outside in Cincinnati area this summer

10 hours ago Benz Seo

Summer is almost here and the weather is hot enough to grab a drink outside most days.

If you’re looking for a spot to walk around while sipping your beverage of choice, check out one of Greater Cincinnati’s designated outdoor refreshment area (Dora) districts.

But, if if you just want a nice spot to sit outside and take in the view while you imbibe, check out one of these 10 locations across the region.

Dora Bingo:Where to find all Greater Cincinnati Dora drinking locations

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Restaurant News: Soft opening for Edmonds’ Vinbero; pizza via food truck in MLT

11 hours ago Benz Seo

New art inside Vinbero.

Kali and Kris Kelnero sat with Strom Peterson at a table outside the Vinbero wine bar in the former Cheesemonger’s Table space in downtown Edmonds. I noticed a sign that gave me hope they’d soon be open. I circled back and was able to speak with Kali on the forward momentum of this new venture.

The Kelneros, owner of craft cocktail bar Kelnero, took over the Cheesemonger’s Table space from Peterson and wife Maria Montalvo, and have been working to transform it into Vinbero.

Turns out they are “sort of open,” Kali Kelnero said. Limited hours

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