Nearly 70% of restaurant food waste comes from what customers leave on their plates. Better portions equals higher profits.

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The world wastes 1 billion meals worth of food every single day. That shocking fact from the U.N. Environment Programme puts into stark terms the massive problem of food waste, which produces ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) released a report on the results of its commercial food waste disposal ban, highlighting significant ...

Rust Belt Riders has come a long way since they started using bicycles to haul away residential food scraps in buckets. Now, their operation based at 2701 St. Clair Ave. in Cleveland, diverts 4,500 ...

Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it? In the United States, climate change is polarizing, but one environmental challenge draws rare bipartisan agreement: food ...