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City 7 years ago

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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 7 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 8 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 8 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.

Entertainment 8 years ago

'2500 Kalori' album educates youth on food-related issues

The name 2500 Kalori was chosen because, according to nutritionists, Indonesian teenagers, both male and female, require a daily average of 2,500 calories.

Lifestyle 8 years ago

Bridestory, Food Cycle joins forces with Go-Jek to donate leftover wedding food

A new program from wedding directory Bridestory allows couples to hold their own charitable wedding. Named "A Blessing to Share," it aims to donate leftover food from wedding parties to people in need.

Opinion 8 years ago

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Sustainable eating and climate change

Sustainable eating is about behavioral changes that have to be accompanied by a robust policy to actually create the market for the habit to sustain.

World 9 years ago

88 million tons a year: Auditors decry EU food waste

The sheer waste of food had been bothering teacher Marijke De Jongh for so long that two years ago she set up a pop-up restaurant to serve perfectly good groceries and meat that were approaching their expiry date.

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