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Startup uses old-fashioned technique to combat America's food waste problem: 'Why didn't we do this 50 years ago?'

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 ...
Capital Public Radio

The U.S. produces a lot of food waste. This place wants to address it

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 ...
PBS

How Ben & Jerry’s is recycling food waste into energy

It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice ...
Next City

Can Michigan Fix Its Food Waste Problem With Composting?

A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

For Restaurants, Food Waste Is Seen As Low Priority

A row of restaurants in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., looks tantalizing — there's Vietnamese, Italian, New American. But if you walk around to the alley at the back of this row ...