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News 2012

 

November 28, 2012
No simple recipe for weighing food waste at Mario Batali's Lupa
NPR.org - Eliza Barclay

November 27, 2012
For restaurants, food waste is seen as low priority
NPR.org - Eliza Barclay

November 12, 2012
The Plant breaks ground on a sustainable biogas system
The Chicagoist - Chuck Sudo

November 5, 2012
Campbell Soup Company and CH4 Biogas, L.L.C. create Ohio’s first commercial biogas power plant
Campbell Soup Company Business Wire

October 24, 2012
M&S closes food waste loop with green power deal
Business Green - James Murray

October 17, 2012
Food waste in, renewable energy out: Startup Re-Nuble is crowdfunding the local green economy
Huffington Post - Josh Garrett

October 5, 2012
Bees create buzz of interest with coloured honey
Euronews

September 23, 2012
Potential waste turns into 465,000 meals
Star Tribune - Mike Hughlett

September 21, 2012
The ugly truth about food waste In America
NPR

September 7, 2012
Dear government: Food waste is a matter of urgency. Please take it seriously.
NRDC Switchboard - Dana Gunders

September 3, 2012
Potawatomi digester to produce energy
Biz Times: Milwaukee Business News - Molly Newman

August 8, 2012
53,000 TPA food waste biogas facility in North East England
Waste Management World

August 1, 2012
Just Peachy: Hunger and food waste solution in a jar
Philadelphia Inquirer - Sandy Bauers

July 27, 2012
When good milk turns bad
BBC - Clark Boyd

July 27, 2012
The Games people play with rubbish
Material Recycling Week - Katie Coyne

July 20, 2012
Small scale food waste to biogas AD systems ready to deploy in UK
Waste Management World

July 20, 2012
Food, too, is wasted on the young
Sydney Morning Herald - Alexandra Smith

July 9, 2012
Prioritise edible food waste, says FoodCycle
Let's Recycle.com - Gabriel Samuels

June 29, 2012
Biogas from AD: A winner for Ontario greenhouse grower
Waste Management World

June 14, 2012
British retailers turn waste into power
Bloomberg Businessweek - Louise Downing

June 12, 2012
Japanese composting may be new food waste solution
The Wall Street Journal

June 8, 2012
U.S. EPA launches first waste-to-biogas mapping tool
Sustainable plant

May 26, 2012
Bartow company recycles food waste into livestock feed
The Ledger - Kevin Bouffard

May 14, 2012
Gardeners turn food waste into food plenty
Forbes.com

May 10, 2012
Supermarket’s on-site harvester turns food waste into fertilizer
Environmental Leader

May 3, 2012
Proposed rules aim to reduce commercial food waste in Mass.
Boston Globe - David Abel

April 26, 2012
Bananas to biogas: Campus closing food waste loop
Great Lake Echo - Carolyn Sundquist

April 19, 2012
UT recycles food, creates compost
The Daily Beacon - Christie Elwin

April 3, 2012
Artist Klaus Pichler showcases rotting food in still life series
Huffington Post - Rachel Tepper

March 29, 2012
MuckBuster brings “waste-to-energy in a shipping container” to a canteen near you
Business Green - James Murray

March 19, 2012
From food waste to bus fuel and biofertilizer
Phys.org - Mari Susanne Soleroslashd

March 14, 2012
No more food waste at Dranesville Elementary
The Connection - Alex McVeigh

March 6, 2012
Eco-entrepeneurs put food scraps to work
The Globe and Mail - Gail Johnson

February 28, 2012
European parliament aims to resolve food waste
Waste Management World

February 23, 2012
InBev uses brewery waste to make shaving cream
Triple Pundit - Tina Casey

February 15, 2012
Will new food rules fill students' bellies? Or trash cans?
Orlando Sentinel - Erica Rodriguez

February 6, 2012
Kraft Uses Stakeholder Engagement to Achieve Zero Waste in 36 Plants
Triple Pundit - Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 31, 2012
Integrating anaerobic digestion into our culture part 1: Stats, reality and the future
Renewable Energy World - Meredith Sorensen

January 26, 2012
Integrating anaerobic digestion into our culture part 1: Language, visuals and values
Renewable Energy World - Meredith Sorensen

January 25, 2012
Super Bowl leftovers put to use
WTHR.com (Indianapolis) - Jeremy Brilliant

January 15, 2012
The battle against food waste
The New York Times - Kate Galbraith

January 11, 2012
Food waste fiasco: Breaking the Gordian knot of the world's food supply
Economy Watch - David Smith

January 4, 2012
What if we had to pay for the food we waste?
Earth 911 - Leon Kaye

News 2011

   

December 23, 2011
Trashy Christmas
The Sunbury Star - Dahlia Kurtz

December 22, 2011
How to cut down on food waste over the holidays
The Vancouver Observer - Alexis Stoymenoff

December 21, 2011
Prune that fruit cake! Tips to reducing your food-print this holiday
NRDC Swithcboard - Dana Gunder

December 16, 2011
No landfill ban on food waste, says DECC minister
Edie Waste - Nick Warburton

December 13, 2011
Pinoy guide to Christmas food waste reduction
PhilStar.com - Ching Alano

December 8, 2011
Hamilton considers plan to cash in on organic compost
The Boston Globe - David Rattigan

November 21, 2011
Sharp rise in separately collected food waste
LetsRecycle.com

November 17, 2011
Ottawa plant emits only the sweet smell of success
The Motreal Gazette - Monique Beaudin

November 8, 2011
Technology creates energy from manure, sewage or food waste
Long Island Press

October 23, 2011
Waste is a terrible thing to waste
The National (Abu Dhabi) – Dr. Hassan Arafat

October 19, 2011
UF grad starts compost service for local restaurants
The Independent Florida Alligator – Alyssa Hubbell

October 13, 2011
Help your supermarket cut food waste
Earth911.com – Marissa McNatt

October 3, 2011
Poo-powered motorbike tours Japan
Wired – Olivia Solon

September 22, 2011
New website tries to tackle food waste
The Daily Illini – Avani Chhaya

September 15, 2011
A war against food waste
The New York Times – Dylan Walsh

September 5, 2011
Every Welsh local council meets tough targets for 2010-2011 – New Report
eGovMonitor – Mary Mazzoni

September 2, 2011
South Carolina’s leftover food will soon go here
Earth911.com – Mary Mazzoni

August 24, 2011
Nestle: green waste treatment plans given go-ahead
ConfectioneryNews.com – Lynda Searby

August 18, 2011
Ward Hill park eyed for waste plant site
Eagle-Tribune – Shawn Regan

August 17, 2011
Dempsey: waste plant won’t be built on Hilldale Avenue
Eagle-Tribune – Shawn Regan

August 3, 2011
Mounting opposition to food waste AD facility in U.S.
Waste Management World

July 28, 2011
Industrial-strength waste to energy
Biomass Magazine – Anna Austin

July 21, 2011
India weddings faulted for prodigious food waste
Huffington Post – Nirmala George

July 14, 2011
An in-the-works brewery goes off the grid: New Chicago Brewing Company confronts a brave new world of crafting beer
Chicago Reader – Julia Thiel

July 7, 2011
WRAP urges hospitality sector to tackle food waste
LetsRecycle.com – Nick Mann

June 22, 2011
Tell Trader Joe’s to stop wasting food
Triple Pundit – Jeremy Seifert

June 21, 2011
Power of poop: Toronto Zoo to turn droppings into biogas by 2012
Toronto Star – Katie Daubs

June 14, 2011
Defra primes anaerobic digestion for growth
Greenwise Business – Ann Elise Taylor

June 9, 2011
Oregan biogas industry primed to ignite
Sustainable Business Oregon – Lee van der Voo

June 1, 2011
Dual-fuel Optare Solo buses enter service in Lincoln
NGV Global News

May 27, 2011
Why massive food waste is cause for global concern
Treehugger – Andrea Thomas

May 20, 2011
Portion control: A case study in reducing food waste through technology
Triple Pundit – Amy Hammes

May 3, 2011
Turning waste into compost the modern way
Malaysia Star – Tan Cheng Li

April 22, 2011
City's talking trash to generate energy
New York Post – David Seifman

April 13, 2011
School district eyes food and waste plan
Vancouver Courier – Noaibh O’Connor

April 9, 2011
Two-for-one deals waste £520 a year - call for a ban on the supermarket special offers
Daily Mail – Sean Poulter

March 25, 2011
Leftovers account for six per cent of UK water demand
Business Green

March 16, 2011
Renewable energy firm Harvest Power raises $52 million to turn waste into fuel
Forbes.com – Kerry Dolan

March 4, 2011
Landfill bans: handle with care
Waste Management World – David Burrows

February 10, 2011
Nairobi abattoir converts waste into green energy
Daily Nation (Kenya) – Aby Agina

February 3, 2011
Not just for science fanatics
Hernando Today – Hayley Mathis

January 23, 2011
Freegans salvage food dumpster diving
The Lantern – Judy Samson

January 17, 2011
Biogas could bring new energy to rural Alaska
Alaska Dispatch – Jill Burke

January 13, 2011
UM grad students add startup company ReGenerate to school duties
Xconomy – Ryan McBride

January 3, 2011
Biogas plant to supply energy to UW-Oshkosh
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Rick Barrett

News 2010

   

December 10, 2010
Using waste, Swedish city cuts its fossil fuel Use
The New York Times – Elisabeth Rosenthal

December 9, 2010
Food waste is rife, especially at Christmas. Is label mania to blame?
The Guardian – Phil Daoust

December 1, 2010
Waste not, want not
Nanaimo Daily News – Jennifer Squires

November 21, 2010
Fuel from waste
India Express – Shaju Philip

November 18, 2010
Eliminate waste this Thanksgiving with leftover recipes
MyFoxDetroit.com – Bob Lilienfeld

October 17, 2010
Can I throw out food and be green?
The Observer - Lucy Siegle

October 11, 2010
A painless way to save energy: save food
Clean Technica - Tina Casey

September 29, 2010
Proposed biogas plant “is not a dump”
Elmira Independent - Chuck Kuepfer

September 22, 2010
Tools to collect organics, diversion to digestion
Biocycle - Christian Garaffa

September 15, 2010
80 percent of school waste could be recycled
Fox 9 (Minneapolis)

September 3, 2010
Minnesota research team experiments with converting state fair waste into renewable energy
Green Jobs Ready

September 1, 2010
Volvo suggests bridge fuel to the future - natural gas
Fleet Owner - Brian Straight

August 23, 2010
Biogas comes of age
Waste Management World – Iyad Omari and Peter Stepany

August 18, 2010
High solids anaerobic digestion of source separated organics
BioCycle – Robert Spencer

July 29, 2010
Twin solution for energy generation and waste disposal
The Hindu – M.J. Prabu

July 23, 2010
ADAS scientist warns of phosphate shortage
Farmers Weekly – Philip Case

July 16, 2010
Ways you can waste less food and waters
Care2.com - Cris Popenoe

July 9, 2010
Cheap food is not cheap to produce, and easy to throw away
Oregon Live - Ben Pittman-Polletta

July 2, 2010
Cedar Grove Composting unveils food waste digester plans
PR Newswire

June 19, 2010
Kabaad se jugaad
It’s Getting Hot in Here - Caroline Howe

June 7, 2010
Minoa building biodigester to turn human waste into electricity

The Post-Standard (Syracuse) - Elizabeth Boran

June 4, 2010
New portable biogas plant for domestic use

Sri Lanka Daily News

May 27, 2010
Yes in my backyard: Vancouver turns scraps, yard trimmings into energy
Smart Planet - Heather Clancy

May 19, 2010
Separate collections for biodegradable waste recommended by EU
Materials Recycling Week - Ruth Faulkner

May 10, 2010
Making organics recycling profitable
Earth911.com - Amanda Wills

May 5, 2010
Quasar breaks ground on Ohio biogas facility
BrighterEnergy.org - James Cartledge

April 27, 2010
Bio-waste targets "could save Europe £6 billion"
LetsRecycle.com

April 9, 2010
Biogas: The Green Gas?
Euractiv.com

March 31, 2010
Freedom Environmental Services to develop new waste-to-energy facility in Florida
AZo Cleantech

March 22, 2010
Biogas the cheaper, energy saver
Mmegi Online - Frederick Kebadiretse

March 15, 2010
Government encourages biogas use as alternative energy
Mmegi Online - Frederick Kebadiretse

March 8, 2010
Going green: turning food waste into energy
Your News Now (Ithaca/Cortland) - Terry Ettinger

February 25, 2010
Waste 'stomach' for juice company
Evening Telegraph

February 12, 2010
Growth in recycling rates largely due to composting
LetsRecycle.com

January 9, 2010
Waste not, want not: the UK's dash for biogas
The Shuttle

January 5, 2010
Farmer's urged to use compost under new food strategy
LetsRecycle.com

News 2009

   

December 29, 2009
UK: Holiday households dump 230,000 tonnes of food waste
Environmental News Service

December 28, 2009
Christmas food waste hard to swallow
ABC News - Brigid Anderson

November 30, 2009
Sunshine, sewage to power cities of the future
Reuters - Pete Harrison and Peter Henderson

November 7, 2009
The food chain and how Hawaii can do better
Hawaii 24/7 - Sen. Will Espero

November 2, 2009
Biogas wrongly ignored as an alternative source of energy
The Register Guard - Warren Weisman

October 31, 2009
Microbiologist realises a trashy vision
The Australian - Morris Kaplan

October 21, 2009
Ohio Supermarket Composts
Biocycle Magazine - Joe Goicochea

September 24, 2009
Food scraps from Purdue helping power treatment plant
Inside Indiana Business

September, 18, 2009
City food waste scheme set to grow
South Wales Argus

September 8, 2009
Britain's first dual fuel bus will cut emissions by half
Science Daily

September 1, 2009
The inequalities of food: the cost of excess and waste
The Epoch Times - Chris Mallinos

August 26, 2009
Food waste reduction is key to greener future
Hospitality Magazine - Rosemary Ryan

August 7, 2009
Councils accused of ignoring biogas
Ecologist

July 17, 2009
Onions produce tears and energy at an Oxnard plant
Los Angeles Times - Tiffany Hsu

July 9, 2009
Exposed: The big waste scandal
The Independent - Martin Hickman

June 22, 2009
Green Racing? Briton develops car from food
CNN.com - Matt Ford

June 18, 2009
Law allows restaurants freedom to be charitable
Las Vegas Sun - Timothy Pratt

June 9, 2009
Slop buckets in every home as councils consider a ban on food waste in landfill
Telegraph - Louise Gray

May 22, 2009
Government of Canada helps farmers turn waste into profitable energy
Marketwire.com

May 15, 2009
San Francisco EPA employee nominated for prestigious national award following efforts to turn bay area food waste into energy
EPA News

April 29, 2009
Food waste to be turned into green electricity
Waste and Wastewater.com - Simon Garrett

April 16, 2009
Food waste to methane power: restaurant recycling program looking to expand
Danville Weekly - Geoff Gillette

March 27, 2009
Obtaining biogas from food industry waste
Basque Research

March 20, 2009
Councils examine maceration for food waste
LetsRecycle.com

March 6, 2009
Turning waste into biogas
Insciences Organisation

February 12, 2009
From Dutch sewers to jet fuel via algae
Reuters UK - Catherine Hornby

January 27, 2009
Berkely County, S.C., eyes turning its garbage to gold
The Post and Courier - Tony Bartelme

Janurary 23, 2009
Environmental Watch: Tofu cottage industries harness waste for fuel
The Jakarta Post - Agus Maryono

January 21, 2009
Supermarket waste used for power
BBC News

January 16, 2009
Scottish Water to build anaerobic digester
Biomass Magazine-Ryan C. Christiansen

January 9, 2009
Cogeneration system could save food service restaurants $800/Mo
Environmental Leader

News 2008

   

May 18, 2008
One Country's Table Scraps, Another Country's Meal
The New York Times - Andrew Martin