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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. Over the years, the conversations we’ve been having about ...

How smart operators are turning the largest landfill category into a revenue engine. By Samuele Barrili Let me tell you a ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) released a report on the results of its commercial food waste disposal ban, highlighting significant ...

VACAVILLE, CA - APRIL 20: A tractor drives past piles of compost at the Jepson Prairie Organics compost facility April 20, 2009 in Vacaville, California. Norcal Waste Systems is collecting food scraps ...

A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...

Raising Cane's is an incredibly popular restaurant for a place that pretty much only sells chicken fingers and a few other menu items you may not know about. However, some self–identified employees of ...

Heather Billings, food waste reduction consultant. Credit... Supported by By Somini Sengupta Photographs by Cassandra Klos America has a food waste problem: Rotten tomatoes and pizza boxes end up in ...