VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When people think about environmental issues and reducing waste, recycling cardboard shipping boxes or plastics often comes to mind. But this Earth Day, advocates are ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Local organizations are working together to ensure food that would normally go to waste is making a big impact in our neighborhoods. The big white truck comes by City Sprouts at ...

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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 ...

A new food waste reduction toolkit from the US Food Waste Pact shows frontline workers how small improvements in their daily work can have an outsized impact Created in collaboration with the Pacific ...

At The Foodbank Inc. in downtown Dayton, a dark pile of processed waste and wood chips sits beneath a conveyor belt. This is ...

Detroit — Most days at a Salvation Army site in Detroit, chefs with Make Food Not Waste turn surplus food into meals that are served to clients across multiple sites, including bread trucks and senior ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that up to 40% of the nation’s food supply goes to waste every year—mainly because it spoils during transportation, storage and distribution—even ...

Residents in Anderson and Shasta Lake will begin curbside food waste recycling in early 2026 to comply with state law. Food scraps should be placed directly into green bins, as plastic or compostable ...