food waste
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Environment
UGA Addresses On-Campus Food Waste with New Sustainability Initiatives
With five dining halls in every corner of campus, University of Georgia students have convenient access to food at a moment’s notice. However, this comes at a cost. On-campus dining halls produce thousands of pounds of food waste each week. The UGA Office of Sustainability is hoping to reduce waste…
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Food
UGA Study: Can Essential Oils Keep Produce Fresh?
Inside the food science building at the University of Georgia, students are working alongside researchers to determine whether there is an organic alternative to traditional methods of shelf life extension. Researchers in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Laurel Dunn and Faith Critzer, are studying the use of essential…
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Environment
From Trash to Dirt: What To Do With Your Leftover Food
Banana peels, coffee grounds, cardboard and egg shells. These items get automatically tossed into the depths of kitchen trash cans everyday, not to be thought of again until they begin to produce a foul odor. However, these, and many other pieces of trash, could be used to help slow the…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Composting Programs Help Business Owners, The Environment
University of Georgia students might be familiar with the UGA Campus Compost Program which collects food scraps from multiple bins around campus. The Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department hosts similar composting programs, including food scraps collection for businesses and six drop-off sites for composting around the county. Reducing Food Waste…
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Copenhagen
Wefood Market Cuts Food Waste Selling Excess for Less
Wefood, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the world’s first store to sell surplus foods, which extend the “best before” date but are still safe to consume. This also includes items with incorrect labels or damaged packaging but not fresh things like milk and yogurt. All are sold for a 30-50%…
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Environment
10 Years In, UGA Campus Compost Program Hopes to Simultaneously Expand and Become Nonexistent
When Sahana Parker, a fourth-year majoring in astrophysics and geography, was a first-year student, she saw people on bright orange trikes whizzing across campus and wondered what in the world they were doing. She knew she had to find some way to get involved with that program, whatever it was. …
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Copenhagen
Food Waste is Fought in Denmark Via Too Good To Go App
Too Good To Go combines the convenience of online food ordering and the environmental consciousness of today’s public, connecting consumers with affordable food options that would otherwise go to waste. While in Copenhagen, the prevalence of sustainable options is everywhere, and the Too Good To Go app is thriving. In…
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Environment
Dealing with Food Packaging Waste at the Georgia National Fair
Turkey legs, funnel cake and lemonade are just a few staples at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia. Cindy and Junior Jimenez, siblings from South Georgia, always make it a point to each get a turkey leg. As they attended the fair for the second year in a…