Keeping a food waste diary can help you figure out what doesn't get eaten and why so you can adjust your shopping, cooking, and eating habits to reduce this waste to a minimum.

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...

On top of that, when waste sits in a landfill, it creates methane, a harmful greenhouse gas. Food waste generates eight to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

In Queens, an indoor farm develops high-quality mushrooms for restaurants in scraps discarded by the restaurants’ chefs.

Christmas meals are traditionally bounteous occasions when indulging is a top priority. But festive feasts bring problems with them too - and food waste is a big one. In Europe alone around 88 ...

Climate These states tried, and failed, to cut food waste. One succeeded. Researchers studied the effect of five laws requiring supermarkets and restaurants to reduce waste, part of a broader ...

More than 1 billion meals are wasted across the world each day while nearly 800 million people go hungry, a United Nations report has found.

A climate-conscious reporter tried an app that connects eaters and surplus restaurant food. She got bargains, no booze and some pleasant surprises.

After six weeks of measuring their food waste, surveyed households found it easier to cut down.

Transforming food waste using sustainable technologies could produce enough protein to tackle the global food crisis and more, says fresh research.