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food-waste

Environment 5 years ago

Lockdown, leftovers and how food frugality is a climate boon

Food waste is responsible for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a similar amount to road transportation.

World 5 years ago

Chinese diners told to order less and cut food waste

"Operation empty plate" aims to overturn the ingrained cultural habit of ordering extra food for group meals.

Food 6 years ago

Saudis resist 'throwaway' culture of food waste

Across much of the Gulf lavish displays of food are seen as a cultural totem of generosity and hospitality. But much of it ends up in the trash.

City 6 years ago

PREMIUM
Sharing meals with Jakarta mosques: Feed the poor, save the earth and (maybe) get a blessing

With big restaurants and hotels having a strict policy of not storing food they are unable to sell at the end of each business day, mosques in Jakarta have begun an initiative to collect the food and distribute it to the poor.

Environment 6 years ago

In Germany, activists battle food waste with dumpster diving

Carrying a penalty reaching up to hundreds of euros, dumpster diving is considered theft in Germany. Hundreds of activists across Germany still choose to carry on in the hope that they can force the industry to take action to end food waste.

City 6 years ago

PREMIUM
Jakarta restaurants reduce food waste in citywide movement

The Jakarta Environment Agency launched the “Jakarta Less Waste Initiative” movement on Thursday to get commercial buildings and restaurants to reduce food waste.

Food 6 years ago

Fearing best-before dates: More than 700 million eggs a year wasted in UK

A third of all food produced in the world was wasted.

Environment 7 years ago

Germany launches push to halve food waste by 2030

Germany launched a drive to halve food waste by 2030 as research shows every consumer on average throws away 55 kilograms of edibles a year.

Environment 7 years ago

Simple ways to combat food waste

Food loss and waste have become a global crisis, and to fight them means we also fight hunger, poverty and global warming.

Food 7 years ago

Coffee waste could help power future batteries

Researchers in Taiwan have developed a method that transforms waste coffee grounds into a novel replacement for the graphite normally used in lithium ion batteries.