The world is facing a growing waste challenge linked to unsustainable production and consumption, with humanity generating up to 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste each year. This year’s ...

Eleven compost drop-off sites at local farmers' markets and around Madison help divert tens of thousands of pounds of food ...

AI-powered apps and kitchen products are helping reduce food waste in households, retail and the hospitality sector.

IT’S lunch break at a busy fast-food restaurant. You are seated in the corner, glancing at the surroundings. On the table beside you, there’s a half-eaten food that has barely been touched. At the ...

Most people are conditioned to feel guilty about plastic. But what if they have been focusing on the wrong enemy? According to Rickard Gillblad, founder of Torus Pak, “Food waste is, on average, ...

Wasted food is a financial and environmental bummer. It costs U.S. consumers $728 every year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and emits the annual equivalent planet-warming ...

Alejandra Schrader is a cookbook author, chef, food TV personality, and activist based in Los Angeles, California. The act of cooking often involves throwing food away. The peel of a sweet potato, the ...

The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 ...

Analysis: Small, practical adjustments can make a huge difference when you're trying to reducing food waste at Easter. By ...

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Every day, hundreds of pounds of food waste could end up in a landfill. Instead, Kate Tomkins, founder of Chickadee Compost ...