When food waste ends up in landfills, it produces lots of planet-warming methane emissions. To curb this, states across the country have been enacting bans to keep food waste out of the trash. But ...

Scientists and government officials increasingly recognize food waste as a major contributor to climate change. Across the globe, producing and disposing of uneaten food accounts for about half of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. Over the years, the conversations we’ve been having about ...

In the U.S., more than a third of the food supply goes uneaten. The waste happens at multiple levels in the production and supply chain and is a big contributor to climate change. Food that ends up ...

Earlier this week, the European Union signed a deal committing to legally binding food waste reduction targets to be met by 2030. Under these targets, food processors and manufacturers are obligated ...

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

Food waste has become one of humanity's most pressing challenges. While more than seven hundred million people worldwide struggle with hunger, we simultaneously throw away over a billion tonnes of ...

In 2022, the Japanese artist Ichio Usui fixed googly eyes to the sort of food that often gets wasted – aubergines, squash, pineapples and the like. Japan has one of the highest food waste per capita ...

Oregon lawmakers are considering HB 3018, which would require thousands of Oregon businesses - from hospitals to restaurants to food producers - to compost their food waste. Nationwide, an estimated ...