FOOD waste has a serious impact on the environment, wasting resources, generating greenhouse gases and leading to land degradation. An estimated 8.4 million people are currently living in food poverty ...

The average Kiwi household wastes 12.2% of the food it buys each week. New Zealand wasted an estimated $3.2 billion of food last year. Everything from shopping to storage can impact how much goes in ...

A staggering one-third of all food produced globally, which equates to over a billion tonnes, goes to waste between farm and fork. Whilst one in ten people around the world live with nutritional ...

The EU and UK pledged to reduce food waste, in line with the UN's goal to halve global food waste by 2030. With most (approximately 53%) of total food waste in European countries occurring in homes, ...

Food waste builds up quickly in every household, and much of it ends up in landfill, where it produces harmful emissions. Recycling it at home reduces environmental impact, saves money, and creates ...

Experts said the despite reporting a high rate of segregation of waste, only a few cities have a robust system of sorting trash at source Ten years after the Central government introduced the Swachh ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. When we started working on this ...

Americans chuck a lot of food. The average household tosses $3,000 worth in the trash every year, a cost that’s nearly doubled since the last time the EPA ran its numbers. The planet-warming impact of ...

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