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Food production is a complex process involving the monitoring of raw materials, supply chains, market prices and much more besides. Access to smart data can help producers make their processes both greener and more...
An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17% of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and other food services, according to new UN...
Policymakers can improve the chances of achieving climate goals and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by making more specific commitments to transforming national food systems, says UNEP. Countries are missing significant opportunities...
Finding secondary uses for food waste could reduce the overall impact of climate change. One benefit would be from burning such food waste instead of fossil fuels. Food waste and climate change are perhaps...
In the UK, there is now £1 billion more food in people’s houses than three weeks ago. This consumer stockpiling has led to unavailability of products for others, and there’s a real danger that...
American households waste almost a third of the food acquire, according to a new study from Pennsylva State University. This could be costing the average household around $1,866 per year. Around 30% to 40%...
Current models calculating food waste in the tourism industry underestimate the scope of the problem because they fail to take into account new and diverse tourism options, such as AirBNB or traveling in recreational...
An international team of researchers has developed a new roadmap that could lead to the land sector becoming carbon neutral by 2040 and a net carbon sink by 2050. Deforestation, reforestation and carbon cuts...
Researchers in Italy have found a way to measure the ecological impact of overeating. It shows that overeating wastes far more food that we throw away. While it is well established by now that...
The international community must take urgent action to protect the climate and ensure that the world’s growing population can be fed, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)....
Food waste-reduction campaigns need to be combined with other environmental changes if they are to have a real and lasting impact. New research from the University of Illinois reveals that food waste-education campaigns have...
A new report finds a compelling business case for action on food waste prevention in the food industry: restaurants can save $7 for every $1 invested in reducing kitchen food waste. Resource efficiency organisation...
91 per cent of people fail to recognize that how we eat, produce and waste food is the single biggest threat to our planet, warns WWF in new research. The food system consumes natural...
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aim to halve food loss and waste by 2030, but a new study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shows that this ambitious goal is becoming increasingly distant. However,...
French hospitality giant AccorHotels has announced that it is now using urban food gardens at 600 of its locations worldwide, 26 of which are in the UK. The move is part of the company’s...
Food left behind in plastic packaging contributes millions of pounds of food waste. New super slippery packaging is now seeking to make it easier to squeeze those last bits out of the tube. The...
People leave only 3 per cent of their food on their plates when they eat at home compared to 40 per cent when they eat a boxed lunch-type meal. Up to 40 per cent...
France has topped the 2017 Food Sustainability Index (FSI) for a second consecutive year thanks to its strong policies on food waste and loss. Developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Barilla Centre...
The damaging greenhouse gas methane produced by manure and food waste in landfills could be harnessed as an energy source to minimize fossil fuel use and reduce landfill emissions. Methane emissions account for...
Food-waste recycling programmes are most successfully when there is solid government policy to back them up, such as “pay as you throw”, finds new research from MIT. “The food system is notoriously wasteful at...
