One-third of all food in America is wasted leads to billions of dollars lost each year, according to a new Gallup survey on the state of food waste in America. Until now, researchers have known little ...

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

In the U.S., more than a third of the food supply goes uneaten. The waste happens at multiple levels in the production and supply chain and is a big contributor to climate change. Food that ends up ...

Scientists and government officials increasingly recognize food waste as a major contributor to climate change. Across the globe, producing and disposing of uneaten food accounts for about half of the ...

Putting extra holiday cookies and leftovers in the freezer will not only extend their shelf life—it could also put a dent in the U.S. household tendency to throw away edible food, a new study suggests ...

In a recent article published in the journal Nature Food, researchers developed a global database that can provide consequential insights into the locations, composition, magnitude, and environmental ...

The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 ...

Cathrine Jansson-Boyd received funding from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). You’ve had a long day and you’re tired. Faced with making dinner, you look in the fridge and decide to cook ...

In January 2019, students at Lovin Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, took a hard look at how much food they were throwing away. It was Taco Day, and as lunch period wrapped up, teacher ...