Food Waste Focus

Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), located in Houghton, Michigan, enrolls approximately 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation and around the world. There are approximately 2,100 students on their unlimited suite meal plan, offered at 3 residence halls. The Challenge | Stop Throwing Out Valuable Food Many of the dining hall staff members [...]

Have you examined your packaged entrée waste lately? If not, it’s probably time to take another look. Here are a few tips from the LeanPath coaches to get you started. Review production at each site. If you have multiple satellite operations review them separately to best determine their product mix. A one size-fits-all production approach [...]

Food waste has become a topic of increasing importance. How do we prevent, divert and manage wasted food? These are all good questions given that in the U.S. we waste 40% of our food resources. Solutions to this issue range from biodigesters and composting, to prevention and awareness. With such a range of options, how [...]

In a recent article, The Food Money Pit: How Food Waste Costs Thousands and How to Stop It, Michael De Groote of Deseret News wrote about Kerry K. Taylor, a frugal living blogger at SquawkFox.com and author of “397 Ways to Save Money.” While the article focused on consumer food waste, we can draw a [...]

Have you heard about the COOL 2012 campaign? A joint project of GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN), BioCycle and Ecocyle, it is a national initiative to inspire and educate state and local jurisdictions on the importance of getting compostable organics out of the landfill. One of the main targets of the campaign is food waste. The [...]