Food waste sent to landfills contributes up to 10% of all emissions, equivalent to more emissions than that of the entire aviation sector, and if considered a country, it would be the third ...

SWACO plans to expand its composting program to reduce food waste sent to landfills. A pilot program with food trucks successfully composted 500 pounds of organic waste per week. SWACO aims to ...

Approximately one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted either during processing, transportation or ...

Food production has a big impact on nature. But right now nearly 40% of the food we produce globally goes to waste. That has to change.

A city-run composting program in Lansing has kept more than 28,000 pounds of food waste out of landfills since its launch in September, and city officials are already looking at ways to expand.