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05/21/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Food waste being recycled to become consumer products

Food waste is turning out to be a problem of global proportions. According to data from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), more than one-third of food that has been produced worldwide gets lost or discarded at some point in the food supply chain. This doesn’t just waste natural and financial resources put into […]

02/14/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Food waste is costing us all: The environmental and financial cost of spoiled food

You wouldn’t suspect bananas, apples, tomatoes, salad, sweet peppers, pears and grapes to be the primary culprits of a costly crime. Yet according to an AlphaGalileo article, a Swedish research team identified those aforementioned fresh produce to comprise nearly half of the food that goes to waste on the shelves of retail stores. Researchers from […]

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