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 ...

Putting extra holiday cookies and leftovers in the freezer will not only extend their shelf life -- it could also put a dent in the U.S. household tendency to throw away edible food, a new study ...

Heather Billings, food waste reduction consultant. Credit... Supported by By Somini Sengupta Photographs by Cassandra Klos America has a food waste problem: Rotten tomatoes and pizza boxes end up in ...

Stale bread. A surplus of scrambled eggs. Unused broccoli stems. Much of the detritus regularly carted from Yale’s dining hall kitchens doesn’t end up in the landfill — instead, it is taken to a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The numbers are staggering. Denver nonprofit We Don’t Waste recovered more than 22.8 million servings of food in 2023 that otherwise would have gone to waste ...

Millions of tons of food are wasted each year in the United States alone. About 35 million tons, to be specific, according to the latest ReFED report. Nearly one-third of food that is grown and ...

Food manufacturers are prioritising food-waste reduction at all stages of production, and in doing so, are reducing costs too. Food waste is a major issue at all stages of the supply chain, with the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — America has a food waste problem. In a country famed for its large portion sizes, Americans toss out some 30-40% of the food produced. "We think of U.S. households wasting about a third of ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. When we started working on this ...

Wegmans in Penfield has barely opened when customers are already coming and going, grabbing groceries or coffee to start their day. The activity in the store isn’t just driven by the earliest rising ...