Divided among the nearly 128.6 million US households, this waste could be costing the average household about $1,866 per year
Breweries in the EU throw out around 3.4 million tons of unspent grain every year, weighing the equivalent of 500,000 elephants
Wine enthusiasts discover favor and flavor of product that preserves leftover wine in bottles
Team is working on techniques to produce useful compounds from wood and other fast growing non-edible plant waste, through a chemical process named xylochemistry
Ever-increasing food waste represents an emerging threat to the economic and environmental sustainability of the US food system
Human errors caused by a lack of standardized procedures and insufficient training are the major drivers behind loss in food manufacturing
According to previous studies, feeding urban populations accounts for 20 to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions
Study finds a surprising link between food waste and diet quality
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