Public Utilities, Waste Management
January 12, 2023
Via: Waste360An 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
Via: Waste Management WorldFood 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
December 2, 2022
Via: Waste360Food 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
November 2, 2022
Via: Waste360The 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 18, 2022
Via: Waste360Agriculture 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 12, 2022
Via: Waste360In 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 11, 2022
Via: Waste360Demand 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 7, 2022
Via: Waste360The Environmental Protection Agency has several different sectors focusing their efforts on the needs specific to different communities across the nation. One of these sectors is the Tribal Waste Management Program, which brings a magnifying glass to the communities within […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 6, 2022
Via: Waste Management WorldIn 2021, the EU imported almost 138 million tonnes of agricultural products, costing €150 billion. At the same time, the report ‘No Time to Waste’, based on the most up-to-date sources, estimates that the EU wastes 153.5 million tonnes of […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 3, 2022
Via: Waste360Meet Ryan Begin, CEO of Divert, which was founded on the goal of creating innovative and efficient solutions toward eliminating food waste from the retail industry. In this episode of NothingWasted!, we spoke with Ryan about using data to reduce […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
August 3, 2022
Via: Waste360In 2020 the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (FPSA) alliance was established by Vanguard Renewables, Unilever, Starbucks, and Dairy Farmers of America aiming to reduce food waste and transform the food waste that is created into renewable energy with farm-based anaerobic […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
May 13, 2022
Via: Waste360Food and climate change are increasingly becoming advocacy issues tied together, according to speakers at the WasteExpo session, “Municipal and State Food Waste Policy as a Lever for Tackling Climate Change.” “Food waste and climate action are really increasing,” said […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 9, 2022
Via: Waste360The first month of 2022 is already on the books, with consolidations rolling along a route that will further shape the waste and recycling landscape. Following the January acquisition of La Salle, Ill.-based River Waste City Services, Republic Services has […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 7, 2022
Via: Waste360The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced its 2020-2021 national and regional awardees for their outstanding sustainability efforts. These organizations, businesses, federal agencies, and others are conserving energy and water, reducing wasted food, and preventing waste destined for landfills. EPA’s […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
December 21, 2021
Via: Waste360Today, The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) and The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) published a new issue brief highlighting laws and policies from countries around the world that support greater food donation by providing liability protections. […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
November 17, 2021
Via: Waste360Every year, 18.5 million tons of food scraps from grocery stores, food service facilities and other institutions end up in landfills. Emerson’s (NYSE: EMR) InSinkErator™ business helps colleges and universities, high-capacity stadiums and commercial facilities in a multitude of sizes […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
November 1, 2021
Via: Waste360It’s been a rough couple of years financially for even long-established businesses trying to survive in the world of COVID – imagine being a startup. But while the pandemic has taken its toll, some “newbies,” particularly those tackling food waste, […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 14, 2021
Via: Waste360In the United States, 40 percent of all food produced is never eaten, resulting in lost resources, economic costs to businesses and households, decreased food security and negative climate impacts. As the U.S. moves toward an ambitious goal to significantly […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 13, 2021
Via: Waste Management WorldIn Greece household fermentable waste (HFW) is usually disposed as part of mixed waste in landfills, the least sustainable option. The HORIZON 2020 project Waste4think developed an alternative approach to deal with the masses of food waste produced each day. […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
October 7, 2021
Via: Waste360The Kamine Family, an established pioneer with a 40-year history of building large-scale infrastructure projects nationwide, today announced the launch of Do Good Foods. Backed by a $169M investment from Nuveen, Do Good Foods is the first scalable solution to […]