Extraordinary amounts of energy, water, and capital are put into food systems. However, anywhere from 30 to 40% of the food that is produced ends up in landfills in the United States. What if there ...

"Biodegradable" has become one of the most reassuring words in modern packaging. It appears on coffee cups, shopping bags and ...

Instead of sending expired or uneaten noodles to landfill, they're broken down, processed with plant fibres, and pressed into ...

Scientists have developed biodegradable protein beads made from dairy and tofu waste that can capture carbon dioxide from the ...

Researchers in western Japan are using microbes to convert leftovers from the prefecture’s famous noodle into strong, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The fight to protect our environment is multifaceted. Climate change, chemical pollution and overcrowding are just a few of the problems we face. Another one is how we ...

CARBONDALE — It might surprise you to learn that the No. 1 type of landfill waste in the United State is food. That being the case, a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is looking ...

Waste experts on The Hard Shoulder have warned that Ireland is seeing more food waste going into general bins than compost.

The water-proof food packaging is made from a type of corn protein called zein, starch and other naturally derived biopolymers, infused with a cocktail of natural antimicrobial compounds (see video).

Nigerian student Raheema Auwal-Panti is attracting international attention for an innovation that tackles two major ...