It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice ...

NEWPORT, Minn. (WCCO) – A Minnesota recycling company plans to break ground this fall on a project that turns food waste into fuel. Hundreds of thousands of tons of trash moves through the ...

For some, what happens to the contents of your household ‘food bin’ that many councils collect for recycling waste is perhaps even more mysterious than what happens to the plastic in our recycling ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. People living and working in the city of San Diego are throwing less waste in the landfill ...

Oranges, apples, squash, and other fruits and vegetables lie in a muddy compost pile at a recycling facility in Placer County, California. UC Davis researchers have found that states’ food waste ...

SWACO, or the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, which serves Franklin County and neighboring areas with solutions for solid waste, is unveiling a new version of its Business Recycling Champion ...

The scale of food waste in the UK is staggering, with around 88kg wasted per person every year, according to recycling charity Wrap. But the amount recycled from UK households is growing rapidly, with ...