Read the latest positive news, breakthroughs, and inspiring stories about food waste, curated daily by BrightWire.
A new $40 million facility in Ohio is transforming yogurt waste into renewable energy that powers the factory where it came from. The plant proves food manufacturers can grow their business while protecting the environment.
A California town is teaching residents how to fight food waste and climate change by turning kitchen scraps into delicious fermented kraut. The free workshop proves that climate action can start right in your own kitchen.
A New Zealand journalist challenged herself to stretch four nights of meal kit dinners into a full week of eating, and discovered simple tricks that saved money while reducing food waste. Her experiment with nutritionists proved that doubling vegetables and adding pantry staples can make pricey meal kits work harder for busy families.
Rwandan nutrition experts are helping families slash food waste and prevent illness with practical advice on refrigeration, reheating, and kitchen hygiene. Simple changes like proper food storage could save nearly half of the country's food production currently lost each year.
South Korea transformed from sending 97% of food waste to landfills to recycling nearly all of it, creating a global model now being adopted by New York City. Smart bins, government fees, and energy conversion turned a crisis into climate progress.
Scientists dumped 12,000 tons of orange waste on degraded Costa Rican land in 1997, then got sued and forgot about it. Seventeen years later, they found a lush forest where barren pasture once stood.
A New Jersey state senator is hosting his 90th monthly community service event, bringing volunteers together to rescue fresh farm produce for families facing food insecurity. Over 3,500 volunteer hours have been donated through the program since 2018.
Coffee roasting leftovers are now printing paper bags in Finland, replacing fossil-based inks with a sustainable alternative. The breakthrough just passed its first industrial trial, proving the technology works at commercial scale.
A scrappy nonprofit in Sioux Falls runs entirely on volunteer power to save half a million pounds of food from landfills each year. What started as a grassroots effort now feeds hungry neighbors through 120 delivery routes driven by ordinary people giving back.
A Japanese chef spent a year feeding 30 scientists in Antarctica and discovered life-changing lessons about sustainability. Her experience cooking with one year's worth of food, no resupply, transformed how she lives today.
Canada's largest food waste facility just secured nearly $19 million to triple its clean energy production and power thousands of homes with trash. This is what turning garbage into gold looks like.
Your leftover dinner could be the secret ingredient to better-tasting tomatoes. Australian researchers discovered that compost made from household food and garden waste creates sweeter, more flavorful tomatoes that taste even better after storage.