The Daily Populous

Monday September 18th, 2017 evening edition

Sainsbury's slimline toilet roll to wipe 140 tonnes from carbon emissions
Authored by theguardian.com
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With each Briton getting through an average of 50 toilet rolls a year, the carbon footprint created by supplying it is huge.

Makers including Andrex have made rolls last longer by increasing sheet numbers.

But Sainsbury's is set to try something new: shrinking the inner tube.

The move, believed to be a UK first, should avoid 500 annual lorry trips from suppliers to stores.

And the supermarket insists customers will not struggle to squeeze the new roll on to holders.

The diameter of the roll will fall from 123mm to 112mm, with the number of sheets still 240.

The new rolls will be on sale in May at the same price as before – £1.99 for four. »

Downtown L.A. Vacancy Rate Highest In 17 Years
Authored by laist.com

With the abundance of luxury apartments going up downtown, and rental prices higher downtown than in Bel-Air, Downtown L.A. has hit a 12 percent vacancy rate.

This puts it at its highest since 2000, and three times higher than the rest of Los Angeles.

Landlords have been using these concessions downtown for awhile now; Curbed reported last year of similar tactics to attract renters. »

The Handmaid’s Tale wins Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Authored by theverge.com

Hulu took home the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series tonight, won by Bruce Miller for “Offred,” the pilot of The Handmaid’s Tale.

The streaming service made a poor showing at last year’s awards, netting just two nominations and no wins.

The Handmaid’s Tale is also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series and several acting awards, to be announced later tonight, and Alexis Bledel already took home the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama award earlier this week at the Creative Arts portion of the awards. »

Emmys 2017: “Black Mirror: San Junipero” Wins Outstanding Television Movie
Authored by pitchfork.com
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Netflix’s dystopian sci-fi program "Black Mirror" has won the 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for their season 3 episode “San Junipero.”

“San Junipero” won over “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love” on NBC, “Sherlock: The Lying Detective (Masterpiece)” on PBS, and more.

Brooker also took home an Emmy for Best Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama. »

'I was just doing my job': Soviet officer who averted nuclear war dies at age 77
Authored by rt.com

A Soviet officer who prevented a nuclear crisis between the US and the USSR and possible World War III in the 1980s has quietly passed away.

Even Petrov’s wife, Raisa, who died in 1997, didn’t know anything of the role her husband played in averting nuclear war.

I never thought of myself as one – after all, I was literally just doing my job,” Petrov said. »

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