Articles Tagged with ''waste reduction''

Hy-Vee and Robinson Fresh take fifth place in this year's Best New Retail Products contest.

Double Trouble Farm, Rhodesdale, Md., is said to be the first Maryland poultry operation to install cutting-edge technology that converts poultry litter to energy.

Metcalfe’s Market, Madison, Wis., partnered with Stop Waste Together, a non-profit initiative sponsored by Pinpoint Software, Madison, Wis., to prevent food waste created by expired products from grocery shelves.

London-based Unilever committed to ensuring that all of its plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Baldor Specialty Foods, a New York-based specialty food distributor, diverted 100% of the organic waste generated in its Fresh Cuts operation from landfill.

Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Mass., installed 36 Food Freshness Cards in storage areas, walk-in refrigerators and serving areas throughout the food services department.

According to a survey by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation, Washington, D.C., many Americans are unaware of their own roles in contributing to the problem.

From product design to packaging, every company has the responsibility and the opportunity to make a difference to reduce its environmental footprint, eliminate waste, practice lean business processes and reduce resource consumption.

This report, “Household Food Security in the United States in 2015,” presents statistics from the survey covering households’ food security, food expenditures and use of federal food and nutrition assistance programs in 2015.