This is entirely due to the fact that we throw out nearly 1.6 billion tons of food annually. Food waste occurs at farms, in transit, supermarkets and restaurants, and even at homes. Humans eat more ...

Food waste, and food loss which occurs when food is lost before it reaches consumers, are a global challenge. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about one third ...

The purpose of this study is to identify the extent, causes and prevention of global food losses and waste. Food is lost or wasted throughout the food supply chain (FSC) from initial agricultural ...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), food waste causes 58% of methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills. Several states have unsuccessfully attempted to ban ...

Rhode Island PBS Weekly's Isabella Jibilian reports on why so much food is going to waste and what some people are doing to try to stop the trend. Finally tonight from moldy strawberries to ...

That project: a system that will convert cow manure and food waste to renewable natural gas. Area commissioners and townships have signed legislation against it and the project has a petition with ...

The food waste that ends up rotting in landfills is particularly problematic. "It causes methane to go into the atmosphere as well, and that's a really potent greenhouse gas," Foley said.