Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. We’ve all heard about how food waste is a problem and there are a lot of apps that try to prevent leftovers from ending up…
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When there are leftover lemon peels, chef Barry Quek makes dry assam lemon noodles. The Singaporean executive chef of Whey, a one-Michelin-star restaurant in Hong Kong, was among nine top chefs recruited to offer recipes for a new book called Conscious Cooking – Asian Delights. The book –…
A recent poll of 1,000 office workers has found that each individual who throws away food waste at lunch in their place of work can generate enough electricity each week to charge a mobile phone 13 times. That is, if the waste is recycled correctly. But just over one in ten workers believe food waste…
Food costs are soaring with no relief in sight, and now, there are apps to help consumers save money while eliminating food waste for restaurants and grocery stores.Delicious Bites in Wauwatosa offers healthy eats and sweet snacks to hungry customers.”We carry grab-and-go hot breakfast, soups and salads, sandwiches for lunch and all kinds of great…
China has announced an action plan to reduce food loss and waste. It came days after President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Group of 20 summit in Brazil, declaring that China was joining the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty and would remain a committed host of the International Conference on Food Loss…
The amount of rubbish Hong Kong generates has peaked, the environment chief has said, a success he attributed to government efforts to promote recycling, half a year after the government shelved a pay-as-you-throw waste-charging scheme. The city also threw out nearly 2 billion fewer plastic bags last year compared with 2022, official figures showed. The…