Global food waste is a colossal issue, compounded by increasing food poverty, shrinking resources such as water and a changing climate. So which countries are the worst household waste offenders?

Most people don’t set out to waste food. And yet, we’re pretty much all guilty of it. It happens everywhere in our food system. Tomatoes that don’t meet product specifications get left on the vine at ...

According to the World Food Programme, one third of food produced for humans is wasted. A new study shows that reducing this could improve global food security. However, due to the ‘rebound effect,’ ...

You saw it at Thanksgiving, and you’ll likely see it at your next holiday feast: piles of unwanted food—unfinished second helpings, underwhelming kitchen experiments and the like—all dressed up with ...

Scientists have taken the first step at estimating the best large-scale uses for food processing waste, first analyzing its contents and, based on those findings, proposing production opportunities ...

With each Malaysian throwing away around 81kg of food a year, it's time for a new law to be introduced to cut the wastage.

Thanksgiving is about giving thanks. So you’d think we’d show gratitude for spreads of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pies by not throwing the food away. But somehow the equivalent of about 8.2 ...

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Eco-conscious youngsters at a rural Inverness-shire primary school are set to use food waste to grow their own school dinners ...

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