food waste

Food Waste Among Top Global Contributors to Climate Change

Orla Dwyer / Carbon Brief Oct 4, 2023 Around one third of all food goes to waste, contributing immensely to greenhouse gas emissions in the process. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Wasted Food Lays a Heavy Burden on the Climate

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 13, 2016 As obesity levels soar, cutting the vast amount of food we waste could have a major impact on reducing the effects of climate change -- as well as alleviate world hunger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Coalition to Wage War on Food Waste

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jan 25, 2016 A new global group says food that fails to reach consumers or is dumped as waste could instead save lives and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

If We Stopped Wasting Even Just a Bit Less Food, We Could Feed Everyone on Earth

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 12, 2015 According to the United Nations, it wouldn't take much to keep the world's most vulnerable from going hungry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver: We Waste a Third of Our Food While American Families Go Hungry

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 20, 2015 The "Last Week Tonight" host lists the moral, environmental and, yes, even financial reasons why, as a country, the U.S. needs to stop wasting so much food. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Food Waste Worsens Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Sep 14, 2013 The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says food wastage across the world -- totaling 1.3 billion tonnes of food annually -- is the largest source of global greenhouse gas emissions after China and the USA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Food Waste Offers Unforeseen Benefits

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Jul 13, 2013 Disposing of food thrown away by those rich enough to afford it is an expensive problem -- but it can provide renewable energy and other benefits. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )