Avainsana: food waste
Iceland to give unsold food to staff as it cuts food waste by almost a quarter
Iceland has cut down its food waste by almost a quarter over the past two years, saving almost 2,500 tonnes from being binned through a…
Smashing Eggs, Dumping Milk: Farmers Waste More Food Than Ever
Food waste is taking on a new meaning in the pandemic era. Dumped milk in Wisconsin. Smashed eggs in Nigeria. Rotting grapes in India. Buried…
UK takeaway food waste rises during coronavirus lockdown
Food waste generated by UK restaurants dishing up takeaways during the lockdown has risen as a result of consumers’ “unpredictable ordering patterns” during the pandemic,…
Report: Takeaway restaurants wasting 25 per cent more food since lockdown
New report from Just Eat and the Sustainable Restaurant Association notes that while restaurant food waste is up during the coronavirus lockdown, takeaway consumers’ attitudes…
Coronavirus: Biogas industry moves to tackle spike in food waste
Two of the UK’s leading green energy trade bodies, the REA and ADBA, are calling on companies operating in the anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas…
Brits cut food waste with ’lockdown larders’ during coronavirus pandemic
Consumers are rising to the challenge of a “lockdown larder” as a result of the pandemic, and ignoring recommendations on best-before and use-by labels and…
Still-edible food waste in Japan fell by 310,000 tons in fiscal 2017
Japan discarded an estimated 6.12 million tons of still-edible food in fiscal 2017, down 310,000 tons from the previous year, as increasingly cost-conscious restaurants and…
Sustainable Startup Creates Vegan Leather Wallets Made From Apple Waste And Wood
London startup Oliver Co. has created vegan leather wallets and cardholders made using apple waste and wood. The company, founded by product design graduate Matt…
Reducing food waste emerges as key climate solution
Food waste’s role in climate change has long been a driving topic for publications like BioCycle, as well as for environmental groups, organics recyclers and…
Farmers are throwing away fresh food and dairy. Food banks want to change that
As unemployment numbers continue to soar and economic uncertainty looms due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, food banks across the United States are experiencing a…
Government fund to fight coronavirus food waste
Defra has announced £3.25m of government funding to help reduce food waste during the coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant will be available…
Small Steps to Reduce Food Waste
Food waste is thoughtless. Most of us aren’t even aware of it. When we don’t use what we have, we not only waste food, but…
Food waste and food insecurity rising amid coronavirus panic
The biggest source of food waste in America is households, where produce wilts, milk spoils, and leftovers lurk at the back of the fridge until…
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