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 ...

"It's always frustrated me that we can't compost here—even though I get why. Tower blocks just aren't built for it," said Alexandra, a 42-year-old Tower Hamlets resident, living on the ninth floor.

Food waste is a major issue, costing the global economy $1 trillion annually. But two organizations are doing their best to try and help: Olio, which is using its app to create local community ...

Submitted by Cisco Systems, Inc. One in eight people don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Yet the United States wastes between 30 to 40 percent of its entire food supply. For Cisco, ...

Raffaele Mezzenga has turned chicken feathers into fuel cell membranes, found myriad purposes for the milk protein whey, and used black bean proteins in aerogels for capturing carbon dioxide from air.

Korean researchers have demonstrated a new method for producing jet fuel by converting landfill ...

A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an innovative urban food waste management framework by analyzing food waste data from 29 large cities ...

The company takes in, de-packages, and sorts grocers’ and food processors’ pre-consumer waste. They turn some of it into ...

Zest Labs, a food waste reduction technology startup, scored a legal victory when an Arkansas federal jury ordered Walmart to pay more than $222 million after the corporation stole the company's ...

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 ...

Sustainability has shifted from a long-term goal to an immediate operational priority in the food industry. Rising food costs, evolving regulations, persistent labor shortages and growing consumer ...

Researchers from the Shanghai-based East China University of Science and Technology have unveiled a revolutionary technology that converts leftover food waste into green fuel for ocean-going vessels, ...