food recycling Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:12:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 One Full Meal a Day Ends Up in British Trash, According To Report https://www.greenoptimistic.com/one-full-meal-day-ends-british-trash-according-food-waste-report-20131108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/one-full-meal-day-ends-british-trash-according-food-waste-report-20131108/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:11:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43316 There is no way to sugar-coat this piece of news. While millions of children around the world die each day due to lack of food, the British throw away 4.2 million tons food and drinks, which in some cases is not even touched and goes straight from the fridge to the bin. The worst part […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/one-full-meal-day-ends-british-trash-according-food-waste-report-20131108/feed/ 0 43316 NYC Considers Food Recycling to Generate Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nyc-considers-food-recycling-to-generate-electricity-20130617/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nyc-considers-food-recycling-to-generate-electricity-20130617/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:07:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38476 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already made many drastic changes in the city, from banning smoking in parks and restaurants, trying to curb soda consumption, and encouraging bike riding as a mainstream mode of transportation, and he’s at it again. This time, Bloomberg has dreams of requiring New Yorkers to gather and separated […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nyc-considers-food-recycling-to-generate-electricity-20130617/feed/ 0 38476 Half of New York’s Food Waste Will No Longer Go to Landfills https://www.greenoptimistic.com/half-of-new-yorks-food-waste-will-no-longer-go-to-landfills-20130503/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/half-of-new-yorks-food-waste-will-no-longer-go-to-landfills-20130503/#respond Fri, 03 May 2013 05:23:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36808 Big restaurants and major food chains in the city of New York joined forces in a common cause to keep food waste away from landfills. Last week, the city mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that more than 100 restaurants have set a target to reduce commercial food waste added to landfills by up to 50%. The […]

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