Chef Doug McMaster at Silo Restaurant in London. Launched in 2014, Silo billed itself as the world's first zero-waste restaurant. Since then, a number of restaurants at every price point, from cafes, ...

I’ll square with you. I was quite close to winning the “Biggest Treehugger” superlative in my high school’s yearbook, but I’m no Greta Thunberg. I’ve always cared about the environment, and was raised ...

How does climate change affect where and how we live? The energy used to operate buildings results in more than a fourth of global carbon dioxide pollution. And climate change threatens communities ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jennifer Allen | Associated Press Carrot tops, potato peels and bones quickly go from your cutting board to the trash bin, but no more. These are just a few ...

"Could you not have a bin in the kitchen," was the catalyst question that sent young chef Doug McMaster on his quest to create the world’s first zero waste restaurant. It might sound like a lofty ...

At Zero Waste dinners, good eats du jour are not curated days before, but based on what is already in the fridge.

Pela compiled a list of ways to reduce cooking waste in the kitchen, which can help reduce food spoilage, minimize packaging waste, boost environmental health, create nutrient-dense meals, and save ...

Food waste is a crisis we can no longer ignore. Every year, roughly a third of all food produced for human consumption ends up wasted, totaling over a billion tons globally according to recent reports ...

Tamar Adler’s “The Everlasting Meal Cookbook” and other thrifty cookbooks breathe new life into every last leftover and scrap. By Tejal Rao Lately, I’ve had a small problem with radishes. I buy a ...

“I remember very well,” says Albert Franch Sunyer of his light bulb moment. “I was inside one of the rubbish rooms in a restaurant in Helsinki. There were five big containers and you couldn’t walk ...

Carrot tops, potato peels and bones quickly go from your cutting board to the trash bin, but no more. These are just a few ingredients at the center of the zero-waste movement, promising to make meals ...