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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicFood waste

Topic: Food waste

New technologies can help reduce food waste. Here is how

Preventing food loss requires a shift toward a more efficient, circular food system – one that proactively minimises waste rather than merely reacting to it.

UK government pledges £15M to combat food wastage

Surplus edible food to be redistributed to those in need. Government funding will support charities with resources for this redistribution.

If world leaders want to manage global food crisis, they must waste less fish. Here’s why

Aquaculture will play an important role in feeding the world sustainably. This relies on aquaculture feed, which can include processed fish waste.

Why food stores are letting go of ‘best before’ labels on ‘commonly wasted’ items

Food date labels appeared after WWII as people shopped at supermarkets and wanted 'the freshest food on the shelf'. But these dates rarely correspond to spoiling.

Dehydrating meat and vegetables can help solve the global food waste problem

An electricity-free food dehydrator that enables people in rural areas to preserve their produce for up to a year without chemicals has been created by a food-tech company based in Mumbai.

This startup reduced time taken to compost food from 2 years to 24 hours

Conventional methods can often take between six and 24 months to produce compost that’s ready to grow plants.

Your next home could be built with mushrooms, orange peels, cocoa husks and other food waste

Want a 100% biodegradable, vegan home? Use construction materials made from food waste.

On International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, how Indians have fed the hungry

Food security has taken a major hit during the Covid crisis, with disruptions in supply chains, closure of schools and the hospitality industry, and large-scale unemployment.

Is China running out of food? Xi Jinping’s ‘Clean Plates Campaign’ is causing rare anxiety

Some veteran China watchers believe the campaign against food waste, kicked off by Xi Jinping last week, is part of a long-term effort to increase self-sufficiency in food.

What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste

Our crew wasn’t trained in food and nutrient waste minimisation; trained Mars astronauts may produce much less waste.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.