For many people, cooking, eating, and sharing meals with loved ones are some of life’s greatest pleasures. Yet, for those of us who are concerned with the health of the planet, cooking and eating aren ...

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 ...

When she was 15, Ava Langridge watched a YouTube video that explained how environmental activist Lauren Singer fit four years of trash into a 16-ounce mason jar. Inspired, the Bay Area teen embarked ...

Food waste is a crisis we can no longer ignore. Every year, roughly a third of all food produced for human consumption ends ...

This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Remember When, a weeklong exploration of what happened to the climate solutions that once clogged our social feeds. Almost a decade ago, Kathryn ...

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, ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been honoured with the Global Zero Waste Special Citation Award, the highest category conferred by the Zero Waste Foundation, underscoring the country’s leadership and ...

Humanity’s unsustainable production and consumption practices are driving the planet towards destruction. Households, small businesses and public service providers generate between 2.1 billion and 2.3 ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Almost a decade ago, Kathryn Kellogg started storing all of her trash—every receipt, sticker, wrapper, and ...