Food waste

40% of the food produced in the United States is never consumed, resulting in huge quantities of edible food discarded in landfills. Here are five tips to reduce your own food waste, cut down on grocery spending, and cook more conscientiously.

A new California law is designed to cut back on the organic waste in landfills responsible for emitting methane gas, and it will change the way residents sort trash, and it aims to stop food waste from restaurants.

Organic waste, which makes up a big part of greenhouse gases, will have to be sorted into a different bin in your trash in January. Vikki Vargas explains Dec. 29, 2021.

The nation’s largest mandatory residential food-waste recycling program is set to take effect in California in January.

Organizations are opening a world of produce for food-insecure families across Southern California.

Non-profits are opening a world of produce for food-insecure families across Southern California. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on August 20, 2021.

What 2 R’s come before recycling? Reducing and reusing! Composting your coffee grounds, egg shells and more are one way to reuse things that you might have thrown away otherwise. Lauren Clarke from Dallas-based Turn Compost explains what you need to know to get started composting today.

Tossing leftovers isn’t just wasting food. Experts say it’s destroying the planet. But as much as the problem is massive, fixing it can be simple.

Food waste is making climate change worse. That’s why NBCLX storyteller Bianca Graulau challenged herself to not waste any food for a week. She also went dumpster diving with Rob Greenfield, who has gone months eating exclusively from the food he finds in garbage bins.