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Waste Reduction

Cleaning Up After the Storm: How Grocers Dispose of Waste During Hurricane Season

Planning is key during extreme weather events as grocers aim to get their stores up and running as quickly as they can.

Hurricane

Europe’s Answer to Fresh Food Delivery

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Smart Containers Group partnered with Schoeller Allibert to address the wasteful, throw-away solutions.

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Waste Reduction

Consumers are Recycling Their Food and Beverage Cartons and Expect Brands to Help

Americans are recycling their food and beverage cartons more than ever and continue to look to brands to actively help drive the recycling of their products’ packages.

Recycle

Top Green Providers

Be recognized for sustainable practices!

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UK Grocer to Sell Food After Expiration Dates in Waste Crackdown

Food Standards Agency (FSA)

East of England Co-op will sell dried foods and tinned products for just 10 pence (20 cents USD) in a bid to cut food waste.

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Software Solutions

How xAd Wants to Use its Location Technology to Reduce Food Waste

The company encourages using its geo-location technology to help deliver leftover food to aid local food shelters.

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What’s Driving Deforestation?

Land ownership and economic power are extremely unequal, and so is the responsibility for deforestation. We need to focus our efforts on the drivers that are most important.

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Carbon Footprint

World Resources Institute: Climate Change Causes Massive Food Loss

World Resources Institute

Climate change has an impact on food, and one area needing more attention after the Paris agreement his weekend is reducing food loss and waste, according to the World Resources Institute.

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California Moves On Banning Grocery Bags

The measure, which passed the Assembly by a 44-29 vote, would ban grocery stores from handing out single-use plastic bags with customer purchases, and would give local bag companies funds to retool to make heavier, multiple-use bags.

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Cargill Joins Effort To Support Sustainable Palm Oil

Cargill is becoming a member of The Forest Trust (TFT), the international non-governmental organization that partners with companies to build responsible supply chains.

John Hartmann, CEO of Cargill Tropical Palm Holdings, signed a declaration along with others from the plantation industry. The signing took place at the residence of Alex Noerdin, Governor of South Sumatra, in Griya Agung, Palembang.

Carbon Footprint

General Mills Sets Greenhouse Gas And Sustainability Goals

General Mills has targets for its own greenhouse gas emissions and has committed to do more to reduce them through its supply chain.

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Waste Reduction

Charleston County, S.C. Program Helps Businesses Compost

Every week, trucks haul 50 tons of food and other organic waste from Charleston County, S.C. schools, grocery stores, hospitals and restaurants.

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