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NEW YORK - Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It’s a familiar routine for many — and indicative of habits that contribute to a global food waste problem that a ...

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 ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

In 2022, households around the world wasted 631 million tons of food, the equivalent of 1 billion meals each day. This staggering number comes with heavy costs for household budgets, global hunger and ...

Harvard has a food waste problem. University administrators think that artificial intelligence can help. Harvard University Dining Services is piloting a new AI-powered system, Winnow, at Adams House, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. Every second, Americans throw away enough trash to fill ...

NEW YORK — America has a food waste problem. In a country famed for its large portion sizes, Americans toss out some 30-40% of the food produced. "We think of U.S. households wasting about a third of ...

MILFORD, DE- On Monday, the Food Bank of Delaware introduced a new food digester, a solution it says could help tackle the state's food waste problems. The ORCA, short for Organic Recycling Conversion ...

It’s no secret that New York City, like many densely populated urban areas throughout history, has a trash and rodent problem. Mountains of bloated trash bags —many containing food waste that attract ...