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Mobile app Karma tackles food waste with discounted meals

The launch of Karma in Sweden has brought about a new way of fighting food waste. Since 2016, more than 1,500 businesses...

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Major supermarket chain is the first in the UK to remove palm oil from all its food

Over half of products in supermarkets contain palm oil, according to United Kingdom (UK) grocery store chain Iceland,...

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First plastic-free supermarket aisle opens in Amsterdam

The world's first plastic-free supermarket aisle opened on February 28 at the Amsterdam location of the Netherlands-based...

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‘Food in the Nude’ project helps New Zealand supermarket reduce plastic use

A New Zealand grocery store is attempting to slash its plastic use creatively with a new "Food in the Nude" project....

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This Texas supermarket is growing its own veggies in a shipping container farm

A Texas chain of supermarkets isn't just in the business of selling vegetables; it's growing them, too. Based in...

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Quebec food waste program to rescue 30.8 million pounds of food

Sending leftover food from grocery stores to food banks may seem like a simple answer to food waste, but management...

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British supermarket chain launches trucks powered by food waste

Food waste has always been something of a bugbear with Waitrose, an upscale British grocer that stopped shoveling...

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This Danish grocery store selling expired goods is so popular that it’s opening a second branch

Slashing food waste is becoming trendy in Denmark. A grocery store in Copenhagen called Wefood is peddling expired...

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14-year-old girl convinces major British grocery store to stop selling caged hen eggs

14-year-old Lucy Gavaghan of England is on a mission to stop the sale of eggs from caged hens. She convinced major...

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Why You Should Personally Give a Damn About Climate Change

A world devastated by climate change is like a night where The Day After Tomorrow, Planet of the Apes, and A Clockwork...

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Roof Farm-Topped Gowanus Whole Foods Set to Open in December

Whole Foods has announced that it will be opening its long-awaited Gowanus store on December 17th this year. In...

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