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

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. Over the years, the conversations we’ve been having about ...

Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it? In the United States, climate change is polarizing, but one environmental challenge draws rare bipartisan agreement: food ...

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 ...

One-third of all food produced for humans annually is lost to waste. The decomposing matter produces half of all the emissions generated by the global agrifood system. What if, instead of focusing ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - An Iowa Department of Natural Resources study on food waste in the state found that Iowans on average, throw away 200 pounds of food each year. The study ...