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Greenwashing in the Food Industry: What Is It and How Can You Avoid It?

Overwhelmed by greenwashing in the food industry? In this blog, find out exactly what it is and how you can avoid it! 

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What to Do With Old Pumpkins After Halloween: 6 Smart Uses for Your Leftover Jack-o'-Lanterns

Key Takeaways Use the FoodCycler to turn old pumpkins into a nutrient-dense soil amendment to garden with. Toss pumpkins in a backyard compost pile. Add pumpkins to Fall recipes for people, pets, ...

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The Rotten Truth: Food Waste Doesn’t Break Down in Landfills (and Other Myths Busted)

Food waste is often misunderstood. Many of us assume it breaks down harmlessly in landfills, or that tossing scraps in the trash doesn’t matter. But the truth is very different - and more damaging....

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Compost Bin Alternatives

Introduction   If you’ve ever wrestled with a leaky green bin or opened a compost pile to find bugs you didn’t invite—you're not alone.  While composting is an excellent way to reduce food waste, i...

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Understanding the UN Sustainability Goals

In this blog post we will be covering how FoodCycler and collaborative partnerships emerge as key solutions to combat food waste and advance multiple Sustainable Development Goals (or SDG's).  What...

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Tips to Stay Eco-Friendly as a Family

Being more eco-friendly is on everyone’s minds, with climate change a real threat and the cost of living spiraling. Generation Z is increasingly clued-up in comparison to their parents and grandpar...