Food waste is a crisis we can no longer ignore. Every year, roughly a third of all food produced for human consumption ends up wasted, totaling over a billion tons globally according to recent reports ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kaila Yu is an LA-based luxury food, travel and culture journalist. According to the United Nations, an estimated 19% food of all ...

January marks International Zero Waste Month, a growing global observance that calls for systemic action from governments, industries, and all sectors to ...

Zero waste doesn’t mean zero taste, if you ask these top chefs. A dozen of New York City’s most celebrated restaurants and bars have accepted the challenge to produce no food waste for an entire week ...

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard about “Zero Waste” grocery stores in Europe where everything is sold in bulk and customers bring and fill up their own reusable containers and bags. When will we get some of ...

Carrot tops, potato peels and bones quickly go from your cutting board to the trash bin, but no more. These are just a few ingredients at the center of the zero-waste movement, promising to make meals ...

Second Harvest Food Bank in Irvine used to budget $100,000 a year to buy cardboard boxes. Those boxes helped transport food between donation centers, their facilities and the more than 300 sites ...

Plastic bottles, food scraps and cardboard boxes don’t just disappear once tossed in the garbage. They might be out of sight, but they’re not out of mind. Instead, they wind up in landfills or foul ...

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 ...

The all-you-care-to-eat dining hall is one of the most common elements of the American college experience. For many Ohio State students, it takes just a single swipe of a BuckID, and a seemingly ...

Fast delivery grocery apps have increased convenience but also encouraged over-ordering, leading to food waste that often ...

Second Harvest Food Bank in Irvine used to budget $100,000 a year to buy cardboard boxes. Those boxes helped transport food between donation centers, their facilities and the more than 300 sites ...