WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ned Daryoush runs his family’s kabob restaurants in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore that his father founded 30 years ago. Food is at his family’s core and his father’s legacy. “My ...

DENVER, Colo. — In some cities, trash from restaurants makes up 25% of the garbage going into landfills every single day. Restaurants are only second in producing food waste to families in their own ...

The restaurant industry is coming face-to-face with financial pressures, from rising food prices to the impact of tariffs. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wholesale food prices ...

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 halve ...

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DETROIT (WXYZ) — A new pilot program in downtown Detroit is using a robot to collect food scraps from restaurants, helping to minimize food waste and reduce ...

We have a problem with food waste in the United States. According to a study done by the nonprofit ReFED, an estimated 31 percent of the U.S. food supply was wasted in 2023. This amounted to 63 ...

(CNN) — Whether it’s stems and skins or past-their-prime protein and produce, you’re probably throwing a lot of perfectly good food in the trash. Such waste doesn’t come cheap. The average American ...

Every time I scrape leftover food into my compost bin, I think about the staggering 1.3 billion tons of food we waste globally each year. That’s enough to feed 3 billion people – nearly half the world ...

Picture a dining experience where nothing goes to waste. No overflowing bins. No guilt about environmental impact. Just exceptional food and a clear conscience. This isn’t some distant utopia. One of ...