Tag: food waste

August 31, 2023

SPX FLOW’s Food Compost Waste Program was awarded “Sustainability Initiative of the Year” by Business Intelligence Group. The 2023 Sustainability Awards recognize people, teams and organizations who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice or overall mission. […]

August 22, 2023

Food waste is a continuing problem all over the world and is a hot topic among the waste industry and policy makers. Different areas are attempting to mandate methods to prevent food waste while independent companies and businesses are working […]

July 24, 2023

A new group with a focus on saving food waste from entering landfills has launched a new program in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. The Leftovers Foundation, which was founded back in 2012 by a Calgary-based entrepreneur and philanthropist, organizes volunteers, […]

June 27, 2023

In Centre County, Pa., the Centre Region Council of Governments is launching food scrap drop-off sites, hoping to help manage the area’s kitchen food waste. Central Pennsylvania, much like the rest of the country, is dealing with a large amount […]

June 12, 2023

Food waste is a huge issue for landfills and the environment, but one company in California is working to digest food waste into renewable natural gas. Looking at satellite images, the biggest methane producers in the state of California are […]

June 6, 2023

Anaergia has announced that it will provide technologies that will enable Monterey One Water, the wastewater utility of northern Monterey County, California, to produce renewable energy from both food waste and wastewater. The project will significantly expand the anaerobic digestion […]

June 1, 2023

Residents in Newton, Powys, Wales may have their trash bins inspected for food waste that should be going into the dedicated food containers that are provided by Powys County Council. The council says it will be conducting checks so that […]

May 2, 2023

The lack of clear and comprehensive laws and labeling surrounding food waste and disposal is causing confusion about what food can be donated and how to do it. The keynote session: Food Waste Policy Models, Opportunities, and Best Practices; Solutions […]

April 27, 2023

Minnesota schools are continuing to make commitments to menu planning and using programs to help reduce the amount of food waste in its cafeterias. The Offer vs Serve program allows students to build a meal and take what they will […]

April 24, 2023

In the United States, 30-40 percent of food is wasted each year, with most of it going to landfills, rotting in field, or floating in sewers. In 2021, the U.S. wasted 80 million tons of food, with more than half […]

February 23, 2023

A new report from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has shed light on the attitudes and behaviors of citizens when it comes to food waste outside of the home. The report, titled “Citizen Food Waste Attitudes and Behaviours […]

January 20, 2023

After more than seven successful years of working in over 20 select cities on food waste reduction, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is expanding its Food Matters program across the United States. This next phase of the program will bring […]

January 19, 2023

Food waste data collection has been largely inconsistent over the past few decades. An increased focus on food insecurity and waste systems has improved data collection. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) doled out $10.2 million to fund pilot projects aimed […]

January 12, 2023

An estimated $2 billion in financial benefits is left on the table for the nation’s grocery retail sector every year, according to a study from the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC). The organization examined the use of technology to […]

December 14, 2022

Food waste is a global problem. 30 percent of the food globally is lost or wasted. Seeing the huge number of hungry people in the world, this is a clear social injustice Furthermore, food waste is an enormous source of […]

December 2, 2022

Food waste in the healthcare industry comprises about 10 to 15 percent of a hospital’s waste stream, according to Practice Greenhealth. A new study in the OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing analyzed food waste systems in rural […]

November 2, 2022

The state of Massachusetts has updated its list of materials and items accepted by trash collection. The updated list has removed mattresses as they are difficult for trash haulers to collect and are made of mostly recyclable materials. Mattresses will […]

October 18, 2022

Agriculture students from Wilmington College have made a trip to the national capitol to lobby for food waste to be put higher on our political leader’s agendas. The trip takes place as an annual project the program calls “ag-vocacy.” The […]

October 12, 2022

In the United States, food is the largest category of waste that is sent to municipal landfills, despite most of it is completely edible. This large waste of food takes up unnecessary space in landfills and hurts the pockets of […]

October 11, 2022

Demand for sustainability experts is rising as more companies adopt environmental, social, and corporate governance strategies. But the supply of seasoned “green” professionals is lagging, especially in the highly specialized area of food waste reduction. Even multibillion food corporations are […]