Schools in Needham have cut down on their food waste by replacing their old cafeteria lunch trays with reusable metal ones.

Most households create far more trash than they realize, often from items used for mere seconds. But with a few small habit ...

Enantiomers, or molecule pairs that are mirror images of each other, make up more than half of FDA-approved drugs in use ...

The residents of the Gaza Strip are facing severe shortages of food in the besieged coastal region that has been in the ...

Seedy, rustic loaves from an “unidentified baker”; the theatrical signature dessert from an Oregon Hill fine-dining den; and ...

The Happy Sets (what McDonald’s in Japan calls Happy Meals) in question feature toys inspired by Chiikawa, a popular anime TV ...

The Green Restaurant Association estimates that restaurants accumulate 100,000 pounds of waste annually. At Oyster Oyster, 25% of the leftover food is turned into compost while 75% is used for ...

New York state farms, breweries, and bakeries are turning food waste into opportunity, from surplus bagels for brewing to farm scraps to nourish soil. Meredith has spent a decade covering travel ...

Through upcycling, smaller- or larger-sized vegetable cuts and sweetened syrup are being reclaimed rather than going to waste. "As Growers of Good, Del Monte Foods actively seeks ways to redirect ...

What if the easiest way to save money is simply reducing food waste? In Canada, the average household throws away about $1,300 worth of edible food every year. That’s equivalent to tossing a full ...

Single-use food and beverage packaging forms more than 84% of the plastic waste in the eco-sensitive Himalayan region, an anti-waste collective of NGOs has found. According to the Zero Waste ...