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 ...

Food waste has often been regarded as an inevitable by-product of today’s food systems, but tackling it is emerging as a critical lever for climate change mitigation, improved resource use and ...

Researchers pry into the intricacies of household food waste in Japan, paving the way to effective strategies for mitigating it Food production is one of the pillars of human civilization and ...

Rifrullo Café, a cozy farm-to-table restaurant in Brookline, Massachusetts, hums with customers on a steamy July mid-morning. Patrons sip coffee on the shady sidewalk patio. Inside, people hunch over ...

At Penn’s DumoLab, researchers work to solve multiple problems: how to keep food waste out of landfills, make healthier building materials and tackle climate change.

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ANCA offers background on food waste in the U.S. as well as tips to minimize and composte old food rather than throw it out.

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. There’s a whiteboard on the ...

Food waste poses an urgent challenge to environmental sustainability, and in Japan, its scale underscores the complexity of addressing this issue. Approximately 2.47 megatons of food waste from ...

Worcester's Green Worcester Plan faces challenges in cutting building emissions, but makes progress on waste and flood ...