The world wastes 1 billion meals worth of food every single day. That shocking fact from the U.N. Environment Programme puts into stark terms the massive problem of food waste, which produces ...

Food waste is a growing problem in our communities, and Detroit is turning to composting to tackle the issue, as reported by Planet Detroit. City officials say the pilot food waste drop-off program ...

A row of restaurants in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., looks tantalizing — there's Vietnamese, Italian, New American. But if you walk around to the alley at the back of this row ...

When it comes to consumer food waste, the numbers can be staggering, but consider this: More than one-third of “all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste” in the United States, according ...

Made from upcycled food waste, a new edible antimicrobial system is extending shelf life and cutting post-harvest spoilage ...

I thought I was being smart, sustainable, and strategic when I decided to fully commit to no-waste cooking. Zero waste seemed ...

It’s no secret that New York City, like many densely populated urban areas throughout history, has a trash and rodent problem. Mountains of bloated trash bags —many containing food waste that attract ...

In 2022, the Japanese artist Ichio Usui fixed googly eyes to the sort of food that often gets wasted – aubergines, squash, pineapples and the like. Japan has one of the highest food waste per capita ...

James Cronin received funding from the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council as co-investigators of the 'Plastic Packaging in People's Lives' (PPiPL) project. Project Reference: NE/V010611/1. More ...

For millions of Americans, grocery shopping has become an increasingly frustrating experience. Every trip to the store seems to come with a little sticker shock, and despite political promises and ...

Food waste accounts for 20% of all waste going into Wisconsin landfills. The state wants to reduce it by half.