Organics

LOS ANGELES, CA Sept. 14, 2020 — The Pacific Coast Collaborative (PCC) announces plans to lead a US-based public-private partnership - one of the largest in the world - to address wasted food. Together with ReFED, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and...

Research shows that 40 percent of all food is wasted at an average of $2,200 each year per household in the U.S. With that in mind, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture is partnering with the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, The Food Bank of...

The idea of tackling the nationwide problem of food waste can be overwhelming and has many people asking how they can help and what can they do? During the Waste360 Food Recovery Forum online on Tuesday, September 15, several industry experts were...

PHOENIX, Sept. 15, 2020  -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) has been named 2020 Organics Recycler of the Year by the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), which honors innovators and leaders in the industry who have made substantial...

NRDC Food Matters is working to reduce food waste in cities. The Food Matters Regional Initiative was launched in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions to further larger-scale change related to food waste at a regional level. The cities in the...

In May 2020, I wrote an article for Waste360 that called for the waste industry to redefine “waste,” literally. I argued in favor of the circular economy, which states “waste” is actually a misnomer; rather, the real problem is a design flaw in...

In her role as Capital & Innovation Director at ReFED, Alexandria (Alex) Coari catalyzes critical funding to fight food waste...