In the U.S., more than a third of the food supply goes uneaten. The waste happens at multiple levels in the production and supply chain and is a big contributor to climate change. Food that ends up ...
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) released a report on the results of its commercial food waste disposal ban, highlighting significant ...
You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...
Across the US, businesses waste 80 billion pounds of food each year. While some states have implemented commercial food waste bans, only Massachusetts has seen a meaningful reduction in total ...
SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. is falling short of its goal to halve its food waste before 2030. Instead, at a time when many people are food insecure, per capita food waste has actually increased in the ...
A staggering 47 per cent of the waste landfilled by the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (ICI) sector, including businesses, hotels, restaurants, and schools, could have been composted. And ...
A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...
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 ...
When food waste ends up in landfills, it produces lots of planet-warming methane emissions. To curb this, states across the country have been enacting bans to keep food waste out of the trash. But ...