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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.