Nestle joins global food waste reduction initiative SAVE FOOD
The initiative now includes 100 industrial companies, associations and media working across the food value chain.
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Articles Tagged with ''food loss and waste''
Editor's Note
Industry moves in the right direction to help those in need
PROCESS EXPO included several initiatives designed to reduce food loss and improve food waste.
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TECH FLASH
Food waste reduction, trust building top trends for 2014
Consumers expect manufacturers to take steps to reduce food waste, and they’re also going back to basics.
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TECH FLASH
Expiration dates cause up to 90 percent of Americans to waste food
An estimated $900 million worth of expired foods is removed from grocery shelves each year.
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TECH FLASH
Benchmarking food waste in the manufacturing, retail and wholesale sectors
While the manufacturing sector creates more waste, it also diverts more of it from landfills.
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Nearly 20 percent of Chinese grain wasted from farm to fork
The problem is acute in China, with 21 percent of the world's population but only 9 percent of its arable land.
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Food retailers and manufacturers seek to benchmark food waste
Manufacturers benefit from economies of scale, making food recycling easier.
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg proposes mandatory composting
By cutting down food waste, New Yorkers stand to save around $100 million each year.
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Maersk Container Industry teams up with UN to fight global food waste
The UN's SAVE FOOD initiative will allow for expertise sharing aimed at reducing inefficiency in food logistics.
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General Mills joins US Food Waste Challenge as founding partner
The initiative will seek to reduce food loss by encouraging recovery for human consumption, animal feed, compost or energy generation.
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