We round up sustainable New Year's resolutions to start at home. Read on for small, easy-to-implement changes to make 2026 ...

The author’s family uses a variety of bins and boxes to collect items for composting and recycling. How can we reduce waste at home? Follow a family for two years to learn how they implemented ...

To reduce food waste at home, Yu Meng recommends starting with meal planning and making a shopping list so you buy only what you need.

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. When we started working on this ...

Over the last five years, Lesly Baesens and her team have been enthusiastically digging through Denver residents’ garbage cans. They call the practice “waste auditing.” And with each unopened bag of ...

The holiday season brings a lot of joy, gifts, and delicious food, but it can also generate a lot of waste. Landfills can eat up food scraps that can composted, wrapping paper that can be recycled, ...

While lots of powerful changes to reduce food waste can start at home, sometimes the scale of the problem benefits from a community-wide approach. Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is ...