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Public Utilities, Waste Management

How Grocers Can Use Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Food Waste

January 12, 2023

Via: Waste360

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 […]


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Food waste targets need to be mandatory

December 14, 2022

Via: Waste Management World

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Study: Healthcare Food Waste Hard to Measure

December 2, 2022

Via: Waste360

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

New Items that Are Banned From Trash Cans in Massachusetts

November 2, 2022

Via: Waste360

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Wilmington College Agriculture Students Lobby on Food Waste in Washington D.C.

October 18, 2022

Via: Waste360

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Josh Domingues of Flashfood Shares What Makes the Company’s Waste Reduction System So Effective

October 12, 2022

Via: Waste360

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Fellowship Program Aims to Boost Capacity to Tackle Food Waste

October 11, 2022

Via: Waste360

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Can Reducing Food Waste Decelerate Climate Change?

October 7, 2022

Via: Waste360

The 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

New report says EU wastes more food than it imports

October 6, 2022

Via: Waste Management World

In 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

Episode 167: Using Data & Technology to Solve the Wasted Food Crisis

October 3, 2022

Via: Waste360

Meet 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

National Movement to Turn Food Waste Into Renewable Energy Gains Momentum

August 3, 2022

Via: Waste360

In 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

How Municipalities are Tackling Food Waste and Climate Change

May 13, 2022

Via: Waste360

Food 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

Republic Services Rolls into 2022 with $2.2 Billion US Ecology Acquisition

February 9, 2022

Via: Waste360

The 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 […]


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EPA Recognizes Pacific Northwest Food Waste Reducers and Recyclers

February 7, 2022

Via: Waste360

The 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 […]


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Policy Approaches to Help Curb Food Waste, Climate Change and Hunger

December 21, 2021

Via: Waste360

Today, 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

Grind2Energy Celebrates 100 Million Pounds of Food Waste Diverted from Landfills

November 17, 2021

Via: Waste360

Every 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 […]


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What Funders Look For in Startups Tackling Food Waste

November 1, 2021

Via: Waste360

It’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, […]


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American University Leads NSF-Funded National Research Network to Address the Challenge of Reducing Wasted Food

October 14, 2021

Via: Waste360

In 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

Dried food waste as alternative fuel for cement industry

October 13, 2021

Via: Waste Management World

In 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

Do Good Foods Launches Platform That Upcycles Grocery Store Food Waste

October 7, 2021

Via: Waste360

The 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 […]