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How Has One US State Cut Food Waste When Others Continue To Struggle?

December 25, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, composting, food waste, Massachusetts, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:28:14 +0000

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]

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New Database of Federal Grants for Food Waste

January 16, 2024 admin Agriculture, FOOD, food waste, HEALTH

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 12:00:34 +0000

ReFED and NRDC partnered to create a database of federal grants that could be used to fund food waste reduction work. … [continued]

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Should The US Mandate Food Waste Composting?

January 7, 2023 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, composting, FOOD, food waste, smartphone apps, South korea, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:05:58 +0000

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?

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750,000 Cups Of Coffee Repurposed By Rens Original To Make Sneakers

March 29, 2022 admin climate change, coffee, consumer technology, food waste, green economy, INTERVIEWS, Manufacturing, Waste

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:50:50 +0000

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 climate change and significantly. Producing […]

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14 Million Tons Of Coffee Waste Were Used By Rens Original To Make Sneakers

March 29, 2022 admin climate change, coffee, consumer technology, food waste, green economy, INTERVIEWS, Manufacturing, Waste

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:50:50 +0000

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Opinion: We Need To Start Battling Food Waste

March 25, 2022 admin Agriculture, FOOD, food waste, HEALTH

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 02:35:52 +0000

Not only will good food management bring benefits to your wallet and your health; it is also a weapon in the fight to slow climate change.

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Battling Food Waste

March 25, 2022 admin FOOD, food waste, HEALTH

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 02:32:52 +0000

When my mother passed away at the glorious age of 81, she had been smoking for 67 years. Yes, she started at 14 when she started work — almost everybody did. I did the calculations and worked out that she had smoked a house (she died without any property and only a few possessions after […]

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Composting For Climate Change: More Important Than You Might Think

January 28, 2020 admin Agriculture, carbon sinks, climate chance, climate change, compost, drawdown, food waste, greenhouse gasses, Hawaii, HEALTH, project drawdown, regenerative agriculture, soil

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:00:54 +0000

We focus often on high-tech solutions to climate change, however, some of the easiest and cheapest ways to fix climate change are right under our feet.

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From Google Kitchens: 4 Ways To Prevent Food Waste

October 26, 2019 admin Agriculture, food waste, google, HEALTH, reducing food waste, Waste, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 16:40:48 +0000

Creative ways to prevent food waste, which is all too common and in a country where hunger is an issue, are being pursued by Google Kitchens. That’s right, Google has kitchens. It has employees to feed and since Google is on a sustainability mission, its kitchens offer an innovative way to help with the issue of food waste