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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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F&B Companies Consider Packaging Food with Food to Reduce Waste

A growing number of entrepreneurs and researchers are working to turn food into replacements for plastics, coatings and other packaging materials.

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Waste Not

Food loss and food waste are not just an economic concern, but environmental and social.

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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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Carbon Footprint

Food Logistics Top Green Providers List Expands In 2016

The 2016 Food Logistics Top Green Providers List demonstrates that sustainability continues to be a driving force for nearly every type of business today.

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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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Walmart Switches To Wood Grain Plastic Containers For Produce

Walmart and IFCO North America have executed an agreement stating IFCO will provide Walmart US with a new generation of wood grain reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for wet and dry produce.

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Study: Close To Half Of Edible U.S. Seafood Lost To Waste

The findings, published in the November issue of Global Environmental Change, come as food waste in general has been in the spotlight and concerns have been raised about the sustainability of the world's seafood resources.

The new study analyzed food waste by focusing on the amount of seafood lost annually at each stage of the food supply chain and at the consumer level.

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9 Innovations To Slash Food Waste

Several companies and organizations are innovating to develop new tools and approaches to solve our food loss problem.

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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.

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