It’s Getting Harder For Americans To Break Into Retail

– Axios

The skills required to apply for entry-level retail work have gone up since 2010, according to a Burning Glass Technologies analysis for the AP.

Acute Jobs Shortage Is Hitting National Hiring Numbers

– Axios

For the first time in a decade, the U.S. worker shortage is so pronounced that it is visible in suppressed aggregate hiring numbers, economists say, and it will probably become worse.

How Sustainability Trends Are Changing The Way Restaurants Do Business

– SmartBrief

A look at how big chains and smaller restaurants alike are incorporating sustainability practices both at the front and back of the house.

Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, Or Maybe Not

– The New York Times

Plastics and papers from dozens of American cities and towns are being dumped in landfills after China stopped recycling most “foreign garbage.”