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Eco-friendly restaurants are lowering their ‘food print’ and energy costs in...
By Ashley Phillips Green Right Now Consumers are being more conscious now than ever before of their own sustainable practices. They are buying from local farmers markets, recycling, and switching to...
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Sodexo wants college students to quit wasting food
The government estimates that Americans throw out about 25 percent of the food they prepare. From Green Right Now Reports If you really ponder how spoiled Americans are, you’ll eventually have to...
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From Green Right Now Reports Sodexo employees at eight college campuses cut kitchen waste by about one third, simply by tracking and monitoring food waste, according to the preliminary findings from...
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WorldWatch Institute program highlights solutions to world hunger
Green Right Now Reports We in America have grown up hearing how we live in a world of plenty, and for many of us, that has been true. But hundreds of millions of the world’s human residents have so...
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Albertsons stores going for ‘zero waste’
From Green Right Now Reports Grocery stores deal with an incredible amount of churn — produce that spoils, cardboard boxes that need breaking down, delivery pallets coming and going, meat departments...
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American restaurants pump up the calories with toppings, fillings, extras
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now A mozzarella stick grilled cheese sandwich? A burger topped with pork belly smoked cheese AND a fried egg? What will American restaurants not do to entice us to...
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Kansas State University finds a simple way to reduce food waste
Green Right Now Reports School cafeterias that want to reduce food waste are finding that taking away student’s trays encourages them to take less and waste less. Food waste gets recycled at KSU, used...
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Hong Kong Starbucks plans to turn food waste and grounds into bio-plastic
From Yale Environment 360 and Green Right Now Reports A team of scientists is working with the Starbucks coffee chain to develop a bio-refinery process that would convert the company’s discarded coffee...
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Teenager finds a solution to massive food waste by ‘brats who won’t eat that...
From Green Right Now Reports The Westside High cafeteria, where less food is being thrown out. A student in Omaha, Neb., has identified a problem with school lunches — as well as a solution that could...
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Blue and green honey is linked to M&M factory waste in France
From Yale Environment 360 Beekeepers in northeastern France say they have produced batches of unusually colored honey in recent months as a result of bees carrying unknown substances from a nearby...
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EcoScraps turns a mountain of food waste into a pile of cash
By Chelsea Steinkamp Green Right Now How do you plan on doing away with your tasty Thanksgiving leftovers? According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Americans throw away a grand total...
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Eagles, Cowboys, Indians and other sports teams seizing green ground
Green Right Now Reports It’s the eve of football season, but it appears the EPA has just run up the first big score. The distinctive wind turbines and solar panels at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial...
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