What if I told you our food waste represents 2 percent of our national energy use? And then what if I told you that figure was based on the prehistoric (OK, mid 90s) figure that we waste 27 percent of our food? Is that something that might interest you?
The above tidbits come from a recent [...]

Beginning of the end or end of the beginning? Euro robots can power up on food waste. Crazy stuff! What’s next–humans that can turn bytes into bites?!
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A few weeks back, I linked to Eureka Recycling’s cool bike composting program, but here’s an updated report on the Minnesota project via Treehugger.
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Every year around Ramadan, [...]

As if the environmental benefits weren’t enough, separating food waste from landfill-bound trash also creates jobs!
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I always knew Converted Organics was innovative, but now there’s proof that I’m not the only one impressed with their High Temperature Liquid Composting (HTLC) system.
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Not to be outdone, Minnesota’s Eureka Recycling will soon compost food waste [...]

Bleaching food so humans don’t eat it has to be some sort of sin, right? Thoughts?
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Wow, I didn’t realize food was the largest portion of California’s waste stream. Nationally, it’s paper. Probably speaks to Californians’ success at recycling paper…and their lackthereof in reducing food waste.
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Talk about a candidate for most misleading headline. Then [...]

This Treehugger piece uses some neat illustrations to depict the impact of food waste. And the full set of infographics are even cooler.
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Unfortunately, this WWII poster mixes an anti-waste message with lame sexism.
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Are you part of the hard core apple club? A fifth grade group on a trip learns about conservation, more than [...]

Recently, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh announced that they’ll start construction on an anaerobic digestion project this spring. It’s great news, as the food waste-to-energy project should be completed by the fall.
I’m not sure why exactly it’ll be the “first of its kind nationwide,” as the article mentions, but I’d guess it has something to do [...]

Vancouver is certainly receiving its fair share of attention recently. Well, here’s a little bit more–the city seems to be hitting a few green targets with its food waste recycling.
Yesterday, I saw that Harvest Power, a Boston area firm plans to build an anaerobic digester on 22 acres it owns near…Vancouver.
Apparently, Harvest now operates Fraser [...]

On Monday, the Freakonomics Blog made a, well, economical case for why we should care more about food waste than packaging waste. Writing as a Super Freak(onomics member), James McWilliams provided a neat summary of why I don’t write more about food packaging.
In a word, it’s methane:
But if you take the packaging away and focus [...]

Bold stuff coming from the UK.
Yesterday, the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Benn announced plans to turn Britain into a zero waste nation. Eventually.
Benn pointed to a goal of diverting 75 percent of household waste from landfill by 2019. In addressing food waste, Benn alluded to the fast-progressing (in the UK) anaerobic digestion: 
We need [...]

Sky Vegetables–where do I invest? While they don’t have a roof-top garden operating yet, part of their plan is to compost and use food scraps from the building on which the garden sits. 
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Some folks in Vermont are hoping to show why it’s called the Green Mountain State, as they’re looking into creating energy from food waste, via anaerobic digestion (a biodigester)
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