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The holiday season is here again: family gatherings, gifts, decorations, and food. Holiday consumption is at an all time high, in line with our general culture, and with that consumption comes A LOT of waste. Between Thanksgiving and New Years, it is estimated that Americans generate between 25%-45% more waste than at any other time…

Halloween is quickly approaching. Haunted houses, costumes, candy, and parties fill the end of October. Yet the scariest part of Halloween isn’t the ghosts and goblins, it’s all of the food waste that’s generated after the fun celebrations. In 2022, Americans spent over $10.5 billion on Halloween. This included costumes, decorations, candy, and finally, pumpkins,…

Services will keep millions of pounds of non-edible food out of landfills Russellville, Ark., October 17, 2023 – Denali, the nation’s leading full-service recycler of organics, announced today that it has renewed its agreement with Walmart to provide food waste recycling at its 4,700 stores in the U.S. Through this partnership, Denali and Walmart will…

Record rains complicate biosolids management on the Front Range Flexibility among farmers and utilities crucial to success For many farmers, the first half of 2023 will be remembered for extremes in precipitation. While snowmelt flooded thousands of acres in California’s Central Valley to bring back historic Lake Tulare, the Midwest’s Corn Belt endured a dry…

How Retailers Can Close the Waste Loop Best practices for stores to become vital links in a more circular economy through retail food waste Across the U.S., thousands of stores sell a wide array of food, plants, and other organic-based products each year. In fact, the average supermarket carries nearly 30,000 items, many of those…

For a more resilient food system, look to nutrient recycling Data suggests cities should look at more than food waste to achieve circularity   Can we, as a society, recycle the nutrients needed to grow our food? Sally Brown explores the question in a new article on BioCycle. Here are some fascinating facts from the…