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Selling misshapen, bruised fruit and vegetables that are not a standard size requires a supply chain rethink, according to research.
Apartments have lower waste recycling rates than houses, which means the growing numbers of apartment dwellers could add to Australia’s waste management crisis. But there are solutions to the problem.
Food shortages have revealed weaknesses in UK supply chains.
Experimenting with low-waste living shows it’s not easy being green. But householders can help policymakers design better waste management systems.
Many developing nations have little cold storage and lose much of their perishable food before it gets to markets. Climate-friendly refrigeration can provide huge environmental and social benefits.
Australians buy so much stuff that they have run out of space in their homes for it all, so storage businesses are booming.
Most food waste still goes into red bins of mixed waste bound for landfill. It’s using up precious landfill space and harming the environment when it could produce valuable compost and biogas instead.
Reducing food waste at home is an action that anyone can take to help slow climate change, often saving money in the process. More consumer education could help show people what to do.
Not all fruit and vegetables need to be peeled. In fact, a lot of nutrients are lost when we peel them.
People tend to waste more of their meals when buying the ingredients from shops, our survey showed.
Official estimates indicate that meat consumption is falling in the UK – but not all of the data agrees.
UK supermarket chains have dropped the use of “best before” date labels to reduce the amount of food being thrown out when it’s still perfectly edible. It’s just as big a problem in Australia.
British households waste nearly 32% of all purchased food items per year.
Current expiration date system leads to confused consumers and wasted food.
Ending GST on some foods is being touted as a way to reduce food poverty. But cheap food comes with a high environmental and health cost. Is there a way to value food but reduce hardship?
Technologies like biomass gasification can help tackle the growing global problem of food waste.
Our new technology to recycle food waste into prebiotics uses no toxic chemicals and no fossil fuels.
Food waste is putting a strain on the environment, but people can make small changes at home to help, recent research shows.
A recent survey finds that the pandemic made it harder for many US households to put food on the table. It also changed the ways in which people buy and store food.
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