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Thursday, September 4, 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

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.