food waste

Rotting food in landfills releases greenhouse gases. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper explains how composting reduces greenhouse gases from food waste.

Food waste is a big problem. It’s the largest single item going into landfills. Amelia Draper shares how Storm Team4 meteorologists are putting their Thanksgiving leftovers to work.

Are your fruits and veggies looking a little lackluster? News4’s Melissa Mollet talks to Rachael Jackson, the D.C.-area founder of eatortoss.com about how to stretch your food budget while staying safe.

The Golden Globes will serve a plant-based menu for its 77th annual awards show. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Thursday that the awards show known as the “party of the year” will serve a meatless meal at Sunday’s ceremony. The organization wants the initiative to raise environmental awareness about food consumption and waste. HFPA president Lorenzo Soria says the...

One thing you can do to help our planet is reduce food waste. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper has four simple tips.

In fact, when it comes to food waste, consumers are frequently the ones doing the least in dealing with the problem, costing not just the environment but their own wallets in the process. Here are some companies looking to to solve this issue.

New app Goodr closes the gap between food providers with leftovers and nonprofits looking to feed the hungry, and it does so while paying its drivers a living wage. The app launched in D.C. on April 3.

A lot of food providers and caterers end events with pounds of food leftover. Atlanta-based Goodr, which launched in D.C. in April, makes it easy to bring that food to those who need it most.

Authorities say a worker has died after falling into a vat of oil at a facility near Walt Disney World.

Sedgewick and some of her neighbors testified before the D.C. Council on Wednesday for a new law that would force restaurants and other businesses to tightly contain grease and food waste, or face steep fines and government-forced cleanups.

Amid social, political and environmental tumult around the world, the Pantone Color Institute on Thursday plucked fresh and zesty “greenery” as the color of the year for 2017....
The vibrant green with yellow undertones is an answer, of sorts, to bruising 2016, signaling a yearning to rejuvenate, and to reconnect to both nature and something larger than oneself, said Laurie Pressman,...

Some 70 other homeless men are feasting on a three-course meal courtesy of one of the world’s top chefs. On the menu: Ossobuco with buttery baroa potatoes topped off with a gelato dessert.

The waterways surrounding New York City are a soup of plastic, ranging from discarded takeout containers down to tiny beads that end up in the food supply, according to a new report by an environmental group.