New calculations show that the European countries have great potential for reducing the demand for global food resources and the associated GHG footprint. Researchers have estimated the climate ...

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...

Seoul is rolling out a new incentive-based policy to curb what residents throw away. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Grocery stores on the Pacific Coast have made the biggest reduction in food waste ever recorded in the United States, according to a new study. Research by ReFED's Pacific Coast Collaborative shows ...

When I was in New York for Climate Week, I spotted a restaurant advertising “Save the planet, eat local.” Even at many of the events I attended, organizers went out of their way to highlight the local ...

Imagine buying three gallons of milk at the store, driving home and pouring one of them down the sink. Or ordering three pizzas, then just dumping one of them into the garbage can. That’s not just a ...

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 is one of the most often overlooked contributors to climate change; it’s believed to be responsible for up to 11 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Since this waste occurs at ...

December has become the country’s most waste-heavy month—not because people want to waste food, but because holiday habits make it almost inevitable. From Thanksgiving through New Year’s, households ...

Food Waste Prevention Week highlights a startling statistic: 20% of all waste in Hillsborough County is food that could have been eaten. Across America, 40% of all food grown and produced never ...