Multilevel Marketing (MLM)

Multilevel Marketing (MLM)

Many of you have probably heard of network marketing or multi-level marketing (aka, MLM). There are many legitimate MLM and network marketing opportunities (both online and off) that allow you to work as an independent agent brokering or selling someone else’s products or services. The problem with MLM is well-documented, however. Some networking marketing or MLM opportunities run afoul by placing the recruitment of other “down line” sales reps at the very top of their priority list rather than the legitimate marketing of their product. Down line recruitment is a cornerstone concept of MLM but should be more of an organically grown outcome that results from the sales of a great product. People buy the product, they love it and end up wanting to share their passion and enthusiasm for the product by selling it themselves. When down line recruitment is the primary focus of any MLM enterprise, you should approach it with extreme caution. There are a lot of tricky pyramid schemes disguised as legitimate MLM’s which are considered fraudulent in the eyes of the Federal Trade Commission.

If you are involved in what the FTC considers a fraudulent MLM pyramid scheme, losing all of your MLM investment might just be the least of your worries.
Again, it may not be totally obvious that any particular MLM enterprise is a scam. Some other tips for spotting not-so-legitimate opportunities include taking a look at the amount of money the company guarantees to pay you.

If you’re still unsure about the legitimacy of any of these aforementioned enterprises, at the very least you should check with your local Better Business Bureau for complaints and any other publicly reported information about the company that you are considering doing business with.

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Significance of Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste

Significance of Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste
by Salman Zafar

Anaerobic digestion is the most important method for the treatment of organic waste because of its techno-economic viability and environmental sustainability. The use of anaerobic digestion technology generates biogas and preserves the nutrients which are recycled back to the agricultural land in the form of slurry or solid fertilizer. The relevance of biogas technology lies in the fact that it makes the best possible utilization of various organic wastes as a renewable source of clean energy. A biogas plant is a decentralized energy system, which can lead to self-sufficiency in heat and power needs, and at the same time reduces environmental pollution. Thus, anaerobic digestion of food waste can lead to climate change mitigation, economic benefits and landfill diversion opportunities.

Of the different types of organic wastes available, food waste holds the highest potential in terms of economic exploitation as it contains high amount of carbon and can be efficiently converted into biogas and organic fertilizer. Food waste can either be utilized as a single substrate in a biogas plant, or can be co-digested with organic wastes like cow manure, poultry litter, sewage, crop residues, abattoir wastes etc.

Food waste is one of the single largest constituent of municipal solid waste stream. Diversion of food waste from landfills can provide significant contribution towards climate change mitigation, apart from generating revenues and creating employment opportunities. Rising energy prices and increasing environmental pollution makes it more important to harness renewable energy from food wastes. Anaerobic digestion technology is widely available worldwide and successful projects are already in place in several European as well as Asian countries which makes it imperative on waste generators and environmental agencies to root for a sustainable food waste management system.

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