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Green Australians Reusing 90% of Food Waste
A report by the Australian Food and Grocery Council revealed that about 90% of waste and by-products from the food and grocery manufacturers surveyed...
‘Smell-by’ Labels Help You Cut Kitchen Waste And Know When Your Food Has Actually Gone Bad
A new ‘Smell-by’ label has been invented to help people know whether their food has actually gone bad, or if it's still good to...
Washington Man Rescues 2.4 Million Pounds of Farmers’ Crops Going to Waste, Gets Them to Food Banks Across State
The Washington state nonprofit EastWest Food Rescue delivers truckloads of food that would be thrown out to food banks in western cities like Seattle.
Family Farms Use ‘Crop Mobsters’ to Prevent More Than 1 Million Servings Of Food From Going To Waste
An innovative online platform, CropMobster is solving the problem of food waste by helping family farms to find buyers and charities who want excess food.
42 of the Biggest Food Companies Make Historic Pledge to Cut Plastic Waste
The companies that are responsible for 80% of the plastic on these supermarket shelves have taken a dramatic pledge to cut wasteful packaging over the course of the next seven years.
Entrepreneurs Turn Food, Industrial Waste into Profit
Some entrepreneurs build businesses from scratch, others build them from trash, believing that garbage—once destined to rot in a landfill—can be repurposed into profitable...
UK Restaurant is Letting People Pay-as-They-Can While Rescuing Tons of Food
A restaurant in England has been able to employ 22 full and part-time staff serving food diverted from landfills to people on a "pay-as-you-can"...
Ecofriendly Tabletop Furniture is Being 3D Printed in Milan from Famous Italian Food and Drinks
Milan may be the new center of eco-chic design on the Italian Peninsula after a company "took a risk" and invested in a way...
Concrete Made 30% Stronger by Adding Waste Coffee Grounds–Cutting Emissions and Mining in the Process
Engineers in Australia have found a way of making stronger concrete by utilizing coffee grounds, giving the roast a “double shot” at life and...
Scientists Are Recycling Wastewater to Reclaim Valuable Phosphorous to Put Back in Soil
Scientists have taken pollutant phosphorus from wastewater and infused it into a soil superfood called biochar to really "close the loop" on several widespread...
Clean Fuel Made by Pulling CO2 From Air and Plastic Waste–Powered Only by the Sun and Photosynthesis
Cambridge University researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed...
South Korea Created A Program that Reuses 90% of the Country’s Food Scraps–to Grow Crops Instead of Landfills
Of South Korea's countless kilograms of annual food scraps, very few will ever end up in a landfill. This is because of two reasons—the...
Indian Startup Uses Rice Crop Waste to Make Biodegradable Foam Packaging–Instead of Burning it
A Delhi-based engineer has designed a replacement for polystyrene packaging out of "rice stubble" the dead stalks left over after the rice season in...
Tasty Burgers and Steaks Made of Mycelium Are New Healthy Food Alternative to Plant-Based Meats
In an effort to renew alternatives to meat in the wake of collapsing shares and sales of veggie meat and their companies, one man...
Researchers Harness Sunlight to Produce Both Power and Food—Using Light to Improve Each Harvest
Scientists working in techno-agriculture have found that by covering crops with canopies of translucent solar panels, they can separate the light which generates energy...
From Beer to Biogas: Creating Green Energy Using Brewer’s Grain Farm Waste
A Pennsylvania farm has partnered with a nearby microbrewery to create an alternative fuel produced with brewer’s waste and organic matter.
The Dickinson College Farm...
Scientists Discover Simple Way to Remove Heavy Metal From Water Using Plant Waste
Scientists just announced they have created a membrane made from a waste by-product of vegetable oil manufacturing, which can filter out heavy metals from...
New Type of Plastic Made Directly From Organic Plant Waste Could Be the Game-Changer We Need
A new type of plastic made directly from organic plant waste has been created by scientists.
The new material is easy to make and could...
Unique Initiative Trains Homeless Folks to Drive Vans to Rescue Food For Distribution Back in the Shelter
A unique collaboration between a trio of organizations in San Diego, California, reached a milestone in providing food and employment to those who need...
Texas Researchers Use Okra to Remove Microplastics from Wastewater
Tarleton State University researchers have demonstrated that food-grade plant extracts, especially those from okra, have the power to remove microplastics from wastewater.
The health effects...