Awareness campaigns for consumers about food waste show results, but the programs need to address how people relate to their food in everyday life. “The good news is that the issue is receiving ...

“It’s natural,” you tell yourself, tossing it into the woods or onto the side of the road. After all, food waste is biodegradable. Besides, something will come along and eat it.

Investing $14 billion a year over the next decade can eliminate 45 million tons of food waste each year — a reduction of 75 million tons of greenhouse gases.

Elizabeth Balkan: The greenhouse gasses associated with food waste amount to roughly 37 million passenger vehicles on the road. Not only do you have the contributions from methane when food waste ...

In 2015, food and agriculture sustainability advocates succeeded in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to commit to a goal of cutting national food ...

The United Nations estimates that up to 10% of all human-produced greenhouse gases are generated by food loss and waste. That’s nearly five times the emissions from the aviation industry.

Food wasted at the retail and consumer levels of the U.S. food supply in 2012 contained 1,217 kcal, 33 g protein, 5.9 g dietary fiber, 1.7 mcg vitamin D, 286 mg calcium, and 880 mg potassium per ...

And hunger isn’t the only reason to reduce food waste: As Ben Schiller notes for FastCo, wasted food has a carbon dioxide impact equal to the output of one in four cars on the road worldwide and ...

The United Nations estimates that up to 10% of all human-produced greenhouse gases are generated by food loss and waste. That's nearly five times the emissions from the aviation industry.

Cutting food waste in half by 2030 is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and a new report looks at just how we could reach that target—and why it matters.

Storms on Thursday, July 18, caused downed power lines, power outages and forced businesses near Shelby Drive and Getwell Road to shut down.

This food hub also shines a spotlight on a major problem for Mexico and the world: food waste. In 2019, Mexico City officials estimated 565 tons of organic waste — everything from overripe fruit ...