Landfills are not designed for food waste, which is organic and can decompose naturally. While it’s easy to throw out dinner scraps with the garbage, it’s not the most environmentally-sound method to discard unwanted food. In fact, the US Environmental Protection Agency admits that, while total emissions from municipal solid waste … [continued]
We’re human, and our bodies need fuel. To eat means we create a food footprint, and there’s an environmental cost to the foods we choose. Yet each of us can reduce our food impacts by being mindful of what we eat, how those items are produced, and why it’s important … [continued]
The Trump administration’s Big, Beautiful Bill is in the hands of the Senate now. Yes, some of the House measures within those 1000 pages will look different, but three food and agricultural provisions that are certain to affect the state of the food we consume are expected to remain intact: … [continued]
Two years ago, Massachusetts banned businesses that generate more than 1,000 pounds of food waste a week from tossing those scraps in the garbage. Restaurants, grocery stores, schools, and hotels all had to reconsider what it meant to dispose of scraps left over from food preparation and diners’ plates. And … [continued]
ReFED and NRDC partnered to create a database of federal grants that could be used to fund food waste reduction work. Approximately 38% of food in our country goes unsold or uneaten, and most of this ends up as waste in landfills or incinerators. The good news is there are many waste … [continued]
Chicken feathers could hold the key to new bio-based membranes for high performance hydrogen fuel cells.
The transport sector in a lot of African countries is unfortunately not inclusive. It leaves the majority of the population who live in rural areas without access to reliable transport services. This is a major impediment to their economic empowerment. The agricultural sector, which is a big employer on the … [continued]
While the food waste movement across America is gaining momentum, it needs to pick up speed to help tackle the climate crisis.
What if the US had different policies in place about excess food disposal? How can cleantech help to lessen the amount of organic waste in landfills?
Climate change solutions for consumers typically are held to be home solar power systems, energy storage systems, electric vehicles or hybrid gas-electric vehicles, energy-efficient appliances, better home insulation, net-zero construction, and so forth. Broadly speaking, food waste is not at the top of such lists. Food waste does contribute to … [continued]
