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The undisputed king of buying Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work right now is Ken Griffin. This week, 10 works from his collection went on view at the Pérez Art Museum Miami and are open to the public for an entire year. The masterpieces from Griffin’s collection include the large painting of a skull that Yusaku Maezawa bought at Sotheby’s in 2017 for $110 million, officially cementing Basquiat in the nine-figure canon with few other artists. It turned out to be a bargain. In 2024, Maezawa sold it to Griffin for a price as high as $200 million. Read True Colors: Inside the global deals and colorful critiques that make the art world go round, with a weekly guide to the must-see openings, auctions, and fairs. But there’s another Basquiat collector, someone a lot less famous than Griffin, someone who has never appeared on the ARTnews Top 200 Collector List, who doesn’t yet sit on museum boards or get honored at galas. According to sources, he’s spent hundreds of millions on Basquiats in the past few years and owns more than a dozen major paintings. His name is Patrick Dovigi and his money is trash. Let me explain: Dovigi is a waste-management kingpin who owns a $13 billion rubbish conglomerate called Green for Life Environmental, founded in the suburbs of Toronto. According to sources, his assets total between $3.5 billion to $4 billion. But he’s not your typical billionaire: He’s a Canadian who was a semi-pro hockey player and, to this day, is referred to in headlines as the “NHL-goalie-turned-entrepreneur.” His line of work makes him an anomaly among art collectors—and has brought out more than a few critics. In 2020, an investment management firm recommending a short play against GFL released a report alleging that Dovigi’s company has been associated with organized crime. To be fair, mafia affiliations have long been a bogeyman of the garbage business—and yet the industry’s mobbed-up reputation can’t exactly explain away that, according to authorities, a gunman targete...

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Published Jun 27, 2026 8:30 AM EDT We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Whether you’re growing beautiful blooms, tasty veggies, or trees and shrubs, organic fertilizer can give your soil the TLC it needs to help your garden thrive. When it comes to fertilizers, “organic” means the product comes from natural, plant or animal-based sources rather than synthetic chemical compounds. Unlike chemical fertilizers, which are manmade and designed to act quickly on soil and boost plant growth in a short period of time, organic fertilizers work more gradually, feeding your soil in a way that supports long-term plant health and sustainability. Unlike food labels, the term “organic” isn t strictly regulated on fertilizer labels, so not every product that uses it truly meets organic standards. However, reputable, independent organizations offer organic certifications for many fertilizers. You may also come across fertilizers labeled as “natural.” “Natural,” like “organic,” is not a regulated term, but there is also no third-party verification for what makes a product “natural.” If you’re looking for the most natural (materials like compost, manure, or fish meal with minimal processing) fertilizer possible, a certified organic fertilizer is the way to go. After researching several top-performing fertilizers—all third-party certified—our favorite is Brut Worm Castings for its versatility and thousands of positive customer reviews. Below, we’ve rounded up more of the best organic fertilizers for your needs, including ones for flowers, veggies, and multi-purpose picks for all-around good growing. Bottom line: Organic fertilizers offer a sustainable way to nourish plants, with certified options ensuring quality. DIY methods provide eco-friendly alternatives. Our top picks include exclusively organic fertilizers with ingredients sourced from plants and animals rather than synthetic chemica...

Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Prajakta Verma-Lavangare said that while the BMC has been implementing measures to improve waste processing across the city, active participation from residential housing societies is essential to promote long-term green initiatives The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed civic officials to encourage housing societies across Mumbai to adopt composting and other environmentally sustainable practices as part of efforts to strengthen waste management at the source. During a review visit to the D Ward office in Grant Road on Saturday, Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Prajakta Verma-Lavangare said that while the BMC has been implementing measures to improve waste processing across the city, active participation from residential housing societies is essential to promote long-term green initiatives.

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 27 June 2026) – The city government has tapped a Quezon City-based company for the recycling of waste into fuel for use by two local cement factories, an official said. In an interview on Thursday, Aldwyn Cabornay, Public Services Division chief of Iligan City said the Mark Anthony Agsalud Integrated Waste Solutions Corp. will process waste materials into so-called Refuse Derived Fuel through recycling. The processing plant is within the 12-hectare Central Material Recovery and Composting Facility in the hinterland village of Bonbonon established during the administration of then city mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz,” Cabornay said. He said the processing facility only accepts segregated waste from households and commercial establishments. We will not accept unsegregated waste materials, he said. The processed waste materials are being delivered to Holcim Cement Corporation and Republic Cement Corporation used for cement production. The recent delivery was June 25 for Republic Cement, Cabornay added . The official said the payment for the deliveries is an internal arrangement between the waste processing firm and the two cement companies. Cabornay said the composting facility in Bonbonon has 60 to 70 job order personnel with specific assignments. Melonie Pepito, a resident of Bonbonon who is among the seven women job order personnel said she earns P400 per eight-hour workday. She works at the sorting area where hard objects are separated from the waste materials.

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Up to 1,000 construction jobs and about 100 full-time operating positions in Alberta’s clean economy are at risk as an Edmonton-based start-up scrambles to adapt to an unintended consequence of the recent industrial carbon pricing deal between the federal and Alberta governments.

Mottainai Food Tech collects barley spent grains from breweries and other companies and converts them into plant-based tuna flakes through fermentation. Barley spent grains (BSGs) are a byproduct of the brewing process of products like beer and Milo. They are a major cause of food waste, with about 55 tonnes of BSGs produced daily in Singapore. Mottainai Food Tech collects these high-fibre BSGs from breweries and other companies like Nestle and converts them into plant-based tuna flakes through fermentation. In the long term, Mottainai aims to sell plant-based tuna products such as pastries. Their model follows the successful commercialisation of a plant-based meat product made from fermented soya byproduct okara. The company works with Nanyang Technological University’s Asian Centre for Health Behavioural Insights Interventions and Singapore Polytechnic’s Food Innovation and Resource Centre. Plant-based tuna prototypes made by Mottainai Food Tech. Daryl Pek, the company’s co-founder, explained that the Japanese phrase ‘mottainai’ translates to the lament ‘What a waste!’. “It’s our philosophy that every resource is valuable and holds a lot of potential. That’s why we find ways to recycle, upcycle, and use them in different ways,” he said. Mottainai Food Tech co-founder Daryl Pek preparing a batch of barley spent grains for valorisation.