Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill. Nations around the globe pledged in 2015 to halve food waste by 2030, …
As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels. Unlike “use by” labels, which are found on perishable foods like meat and dairy, “best before” labels have nothing to do with safety and may encourage consumers to throw away food that’s perfectly fine to eat. To tackle …
The U.S. is tossing out nearly 125 billion meals a year while a projected 45 million Americans are struggling to put food on the table. By our calculations, an investment of $14 billion a year over the next decade can eliminate 45 million tons of food waste each year and result in $73 billion in annual economic benefit — a …
