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Elementary School ‘Share Tables’ Keep Unwanted Lunch Food Out of Trash
If sharing is caring, then these young students must care a lot.
The elementary schoolers of Orange County, Florida are cutting down on food waste...
UK’s First Zero Waste Store Just Opened – and it’s Wildly Popular
Everyone knows the common saying “waste not, want not” – but this couple has taken it to a whole other level.
Nicola and Richard of...
Sweet Sustainability: Sugar Cane Waste is Fuel of the Future?
This exciting new research has proven that sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production. Surprisingly,...
New York City Businesses Cutting Trash by Half in ‘Zero Waste’ Plan
Led by more than 30 corporations and the mayor’s office, New York City is making progress on its goal to reduce the city's waste...
Indian Restaurant Installs Sidewalk Fridge to Hold Free Food for the Poor
One restaurant in India is making a difference for the hungry population of Kerala.
The tea café Pappadavada has installed a 24-hour running refrigerator open...
Italy is Changing Laws to Push Stores to Give Away Unsold Food
Italy is set to become the second European country to press supermarkets and other businesses to donate wasted food to groups that feed the...
Tesco to Give All Unsold Food to Charity in its 800 UK Supermarkets
Tesco in the U.K. announced the nationwide rollout of a program that dramatically reduces the amount of food that goes to waste by giving...
France Votes to Force Supermarkets to Give Away Unsold Food
The French parliament has voted unanimously to require supermarkets to give away — rather than throw away — the food that reaches its “sell-by”...
UN Serves Lunch Made From Food Scraps to 30 World Leaders
Chefs usually fret over what to serve world leaders at the United Nations, but for this group discussing hunger and climate change, a fitting...
Green Sports Alliance Reduces Waste & Toxic Chemicals in Games Worldwide
A burgeoning movement to make sports more sustainable has signed up almost 300 professional and collegiate teams committed to playing ball with the environment.
The Green...
Cajun Food Truck Happily Dishes Up Plates to Anyone in Need
Chef Willy Fontanez was having an off day when he spotted a “rough-looking” person passing by his food truck, La Gumbo Ya Ya, which...
Tesco Grocers to Offer Unsold Fresh Food to British Charities
The giant British supermarket Tesco is launching a pilot program to give away the fresh food it can’t sell to those in need.
Tesco officials...
Young Grad Leaves Wall Street to Rescue Food For Those in Need
Robert Lee really, really hates to see food go to waste.
That’s why he left his finance job at J.P Morgan to rescue leftover food...
New Law Bans French Grocers From Throwing Out Leftover Food
France's National Assembly this week voted on a new zero-waste policy that will require all supermarket chains to convert leftover food into animal feed,...
POWWOW Diverts 30 Million Pounds of Produce Annually From Landfill to Food Banks
About four billion dollars worth of produce is imported from Mexico every year at the border of Nogales, Arizona, for distribution around the U.S....
Out of Japan’s Nuclear Disaster, New Indoor Farms Grow 100x More Food
Although his vision for indoor food cultivation dates back many decades, a Japanese botanist, Shigeharu Shimamura, used the earthquake and tsunami disaster of 2011...
Poo Power: New British Bus Runs on Human Waste
A 40-seat airport shuttle bus in Britain is making headlines for running on human sewage and food waste.
The Bath Bus Company's Bio-Bus hits the...
Restaurant Uses Fresh Food That Grocery Stores Throw Out
A Danish restaurant features different dishes every night, created using produce and bread that would otherwise have gone to waste.
'Rub & Stub' opened in Copenhagen...
Food Scrap Recycling Business in Texas is Bike-Powered
A bike-powered business in Austin, Texas diverts nearly 100 tons of restaurant and residential food scraps to community gardens.
East Side Compost Pedallers from homes and...
Paris Restaurants Turn Food Scraps into Biogas
A group of Paris restaurants is turning food scraps into biogas and compost ahead of a new law that will force thousands of French...