Rich countries waste a lot of food. Producers and consumers need to rethink eating habits if this problem is to be solved.
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Every little helps, but saving the environment requires a global effort.
Australia’s city foodbowls are an important part of the nation’s food supply, but they’re under increasing pressure from growing populations.
Well-intended efforts to reduce food waste could threaten some birds and animal species, a new paper has warned.
In a warming world with a growing population and dwindling resources, we can no longer afford to eat food that’s bad for both our health and the environment.
The draft agenda for the UN urban development conference in Quito neglects the food systems on which the wellbeing of the world’s 4 billion city dwellers depends.
Australians send about 4 million tonnes of food waste to landfill each year – but what if we could use it for other purposes?
Congress is considering new legislation to unify and clarify what all those “use by,” “sell by,” “best by” dates on foods really mean. Here’s the (limited) science behind how those dates get set.
Feeding Melbourne generates over 900,000 tonnes of edible food waste every year, enough to feed more than 2 million people.
Hull City Council claims poor recycling habits are costing it £50,000 a month, so now they’re taking action by removing resident’s bins.
Eating more frozen food could help us reduce waste, beat the obesity epidemic and have more money in our pockets – what’s not to like.
Major food retailers say they are aiming for zero food waste - but are transferring the costs onto not-for-profit groups and suppliers.
Dumpster diving: a way to recycle and reduce food waste.
Almost everyone wants to throw out less food. The good news is that even something as simple as organising your fridge into zones for different food types can stop your bin filling up.
There’s a crackdown happening in food waste but we also need to ensure it’s safe.
Cheap “ugly food” campaigns in supermarkets have been criticised as not really helping to cut food waste. But they do, by ensuring that more of what farmers grow actually makes it into the shops.
Convincing people to love ugly food makes sense for farmers and retailers, but will shoppers buy it?
Could what we flush down the toilet be used to power our homes? Thanks to biogas technology, Australia’s relationship with organic waste – human and animal excreta, plant scraps and food-processing waste…
The battle to reduce food waste and increase access to nutritious food just got a whole lot cheaper and uglier in Australia. In early December, Woolworths launched its “odd bunch” campaign, becoming the…
New York is one of many cities whose mythical allure claims that the streets are paved with gold. Sadly, you are more likely to be treading on – or at least wading through – the remains of burgers, hot…
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Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption, Anglia Ruskin University
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Researcher in sustainable food systems, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher in Sustainable Food Systems, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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