New calculations show that the European countries have great potential for reducing the demand for global food resources and the associated GHG footprint. Researchers have estimated the climate ...

By embracing a diversified infrastructure strategy—one that combines centralized facilities with distributed solutions—the ...

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...

The data shows increased composting and anaerobic digestion in 2024, though retailers’ still wasted $26.9 billion worth of ...

When I was in New York for Climate Week, I spotted a restaurant advertising “Save the planet, eat local.” Even at many of the events I attended, organizers went out of their way to highlight the local ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grocery stores on the Pacific Coast have made the biggest reduction in food waste ever recorded in the United States, according to ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A growing number of Bay Area shops are taking steps to reduce their food waste footprint, in an effort to preserve the planet and their profits. Nearly 2,000 shops in the area are ...

Imagine buying three gallons of milk at the store, driving home and pouring one of them down the sink. Or ordering three pizzas, then just dumping one of them into the garbage can. That’s not just a ...

New stats from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reveal that food loss and waste generate up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. To put that in perspective, it’s nearly five times ...

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

Food Waste Prevention Week highlights a startling statistic: 20% of all waste in Hillsborough County is food that could have been eaten. Across America, 40% of all food grown and produced never ...