Gulbanu Kaptan was awarded research funding (with project partners WRAP and Zero Waste Scotland) from the UKRI ESRC for a project on reducing household food waste (2020-2022). She is a Co-investigator ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. Over the years, the conversations we’ve been having about ...

Households are set to throw away around 85,000 tonnes of edible Christmas food this festive season alone, Wrap has estimated.

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 ...

Chick-fil-A announced last month it was joining the U.S. Food Waste Pact, a national voluntary agreement that was launched in late 2023 to help food businesses reduce their food waste. In doing so, it ...

Starbucks has joined the U.S. Food Waste Pact, a national voluntary agreement focused on using precompetitive collaboration and data sharing to cut waste in the U.S. food system. Starbucks is the ...

UK households have been warned this Boxing Day to avoid costly food wastage. Yesterday brought the most indulgent day of the ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leanpath, the leader in enterprise food waste management, today announced the launch of its new, fully touchless AI floor scale tracker for high-volume ...