Americans throw away between 30% and 40% of the nation’s food supply each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That waste, which adds up to billions of pounds annually, ends up ...

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Food waste is a mounting global concern, and with the planet’s population continuing to grow, so too does the pressure on food systems. While countless initiatives are aimed at reducing waste at ...

James Cronin received funding from the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council as co-investigators of the 'Plastic Packaging in People's Lives' (PPiPL) project. Project Reference: NE/V010611/1. More ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker transports plastic waste slated for a compressor in Bentong, Malaysia, in June 2024 before the waste is recycled and sold ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more than 400 million metric tons a year. Plastic products have been propelling our quality of life forward for over a century, from keeping food fresh longer ...

Residents in Anderson and Shasta Lake will begin curbside food waste recycling in early 2026 to comply with state law. Food scraps should be placed directly into green bins, as plastic or compostable ...

According to Stanford Researchers, during the holidays, from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve, Americans create a gigantic mountain of plastic waste, about 25% more waste compared to the rest of the ...

Banning retailers from selling fruit and vegetables wrapped in plastic might mean more food waste, a Welsh minister has warned. Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies was responding to a call to ...

When you drive on the 134 Freeway, between Glendale and Pasadena…you may have admired the mountains opposite the view of downtown L.A. Well, that mountain is actually a landfill…Scholl Canyon Landfill ...

Malaysia says it is no longer accepting plastic waste from a handful of nations, including the U.S., that didn’t ratify the Basel Convention. Malaysia emerged as a major destination for waste from the ...