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6 High-Tech Solutions to Food Waste

From composting food scraps and donating excess to food banks to a new Boston supermarket selling about-to-expire foods, a lot of effort has been devoted to reducing the 1.3 billion tons of food waste that are sent to the landfill annually. To complement these...

Focus On: Waste Management

The Eco-Safe Digester is an on-site aerobic digester that eliminates up to 2,500 pounds of food waste in a 24-hour period. It uses mechanical and biological treatments to convert food waste into a liquid that is safely discharged through standard sewer lines. During...

How does big data help sustainability campaigns?

Whether it is reducing food waste, increasing recycling, or promoting energy efficiency, the ability to collect and analyze big data can deliver a huge boost to any sustainability effort, says Owen Yeo, business development manager, Enerprof. “We cannot manage what we...

Company engaged in limiting food waste in landfills goes public

BioHiTech Global Inc., which makes products that convert food waste into grey water, went public in a reverse merger with a registered shell company and says it may borrow or sell stock to raise capital. There was no private placement associated with the transaction,...

Waste Not…

American Jails: July/August Magazine Across the country, correctional leaders are challenged with operating at maximum efficiency while meeting the expectation of providing quality services in a time of limited resources. These challenges range from rising energy...

How Supermarkets Can Repurpose Food Waste

Food waste is a problem around the world; this was a common theme at the Global Sustainability Summit which took place in Denver, Colorado in late August. Globally one-third of all the food produced gets discarded, a mounting problem for both landfills and climate...