How Much Food Waste Can a Household Really Divert?
We all know food waste is a problem1 and that sending it to landfill only makes it worse. But with so many solutions available today, a practical question remains: How much food waste can a househo...
Earth-Friendly Kitchen Habits: How to Close the Food Waste Loop At Home
Key Takeaways: What You’ll Learn in This Guide By the end of this guide, you’ll know how to: Understand why landfilled food scraps create methane Set up a realistic, low-effort food waste re...
From Tomato Scraps to Soil: How Kitchen Food Scraps Become Soil Amendment
Imagine slicing tomatoes for a salad or pasta sauce. The cores, seeds, and skins are left on the cutting board - small scraps that most people automatically toss in the trash. But what if those scr...
How to Reduce a Carbon Footprint in the Food Industry
Key Takeaways Reduce your carbon footprint by using a food waste recycler to divert waste from landfills. FoodCycler® electric food waste recyclers allow for effortless food waste recycling. Embr...
What Happens to Food Waste in a FoodCycler?
In the kitchen, it looks like peels, leftovers, and coffee grounds. But once food waste enters the waste stream, it becomes a systems issue: hauling, storage, contamination, odors, pests, and green...
Love Your Leftovers: The Science of Spoilage and How to Keep Food Fresher, Longer
Valentine’s Day is all about love and this year, we’re extending that love to your leftovers. What if understanding the science of spoilage could help you reduce food waste, save money, and keep le...
From Kitchens to Communities: How One Developer Rethought Food Waste In Two Buildings
When people think about food waste, they usually picture a single kitchen — a forgotten container in the fridge, wilted greens, leftovers that never quite made it to lunch. But in apartment and con...
How to Make Your Home Greener: 5 Simple Sustainable Swaps
Key Takeaways A few simple swaps in your daily routine can make your home greener - instantly reduce waste and save money. The most noticeable benefits happen at home: fewer garbage bags, lowe...
Key Takeaways Food waste is the most common landfilled material, producing approximately 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. 30-40% of the food supply is wasted in the United States. 48% of fo...
How to Use Kitchen Food Scraps as Foodilizer™ For Your Garden
Key Takeaways Wondering what to do with food scraps? Use the FoodCycler® to transform them into a nutrient-rich soil amendment called Foodilizer! Mix Foodilizer into your soil at a 1:10 ratio. Use...
FoodCycler® 101: All the Answers to Your Burning Questions
Key Takeaways What is food recycling? Food recycling is an effortless way to manage food waste at home. FoodCycler is a premium kitchen appliance that turns food scraps into a dry by-product calle...
Food Recyclers vs. Garbage Disposals: What's the Difference?
Key Takeaways FoodCycler® is a garbage disposal alternative that diverts food waste from landfills. Most of the food waste from a garbage disposal is sent to a wastewater treatment plant for proce...
Key Takeaways Use a FoodCycler to create a nutrient-rich soil amendment, Foodilizer™. FoodCycler is a much better alternative to composting in small spaces because it provides an earth-conscious s...
Why Resolutions Fail: Build Better Habits Around Food Waste
Key Takeaways Most resolutions fail because they focus on what you want to change, not how you’ll build habits that last. Small, repeatable routines — like meal planning, leftover check-ins, an...
The Gift of Less: Sustainable Giving & Food Waste at the Holidays
In a world of overflowing buffets and gift piles, there’s a better way to celebrate; giving the gift of less — less waste, less clutter, more purpose. This season, discover how sustainable giving a...
Before & After: What Happens When You Stop Tossing and Start Transforming
Key Takeaways See how FoodCycler turns everyday kitchen waste into a cleaner, smarter routine. Discover the difference real households experience — from messy bins to effortless clean living. Lear...
What Are Indoor Compost Alternatives?
Key Takeaways Methods for how to compost indoors are: aerobic (oxygenated microbial decomposition), bokashi (oxygen-free fermentation), vermicomposting (worm colony decomposition), and electric (o...
What to Do With Holiday Leftovers
Key Takeaways Use the FoodCycler® to recycle spoiled leftovers. Donate leftovers to a local charity. Freeze leftovers to enjoy later. Host a leftovers potluck with friends and family. Wondering w...
Not What I Was Expecting: The Secret Win Hiding in Your Scraps
Key Takeaways Food waste recycling brings surprising daily wins beyond sustainability. A FoodCycler®keeps kitchens cleaner, fresher, and easier to maintain. Foodilizer™ —the by-product—acts as a p...
A Feast Without the Waste: Smart Holiday Hosting Tips
TL;DR: Smart Holiday Hosting, Simplified Plan realistic portions to reduce food waste by up to 40%. Serve smaller, refillable platters and shareable sides. Use your FoodCycler to manage scraps and...
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, ...
The One Kitchen Upgrade You Forgot: A Plan for Food Waste Recycling
Key Takeaways: Kitchen renovations often forget food waste planning, even though it affects every meal, every day. A dedicated “food waste station” brings organization and sustainability into your...
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....
FoodCycler Expands Proven Food Waste Diversion Programs to U.S. Communities
From municipalities to schools, multi-residential buildings, and haulers, FoodCycler's programs are expanding from 200+ Canadian municipalities into the U.S., helping communities modernize outdate...
Mulch vs Fertilizer: Which One Does Your Garden Need?
Key Takeaways Mulch is best for protecting soil, keeping it moist, reducing weeds, and improving curb appeal, while fertilizer directly feeds plants with essential nutrients. Liquid fertilizer ...
That Doesn’t Go There: Everyday Tips for Reducing Kitchen Waste
Key Takeaways In the U.S¹. and Canada², kitchen food waste makes up roughly 24–35% of municipal solid waste. This not only creates mess and odours but also drives significant environmental impact....
Compost Rules in the U.S.: From Bans to Bins, Take Control of Your Food Waste Now
Across the U.S., food waste regulations are rapidly evolving. Some states have enacted sweeping food waste bans, requiring households and businesses to separate food scraps from landfill-bound tras...
Key Takeaways Every day, households toss out scraps that still have value—banana peels, vegetable tops, leftovers. While it might not seem like much, it adds up fast. Recycling food waste at home i...
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...
Best Way to Recycle Food Waste
Key Takeaways If you’re just here for the highlights, here’s what you’ll learn from this blog: What is food waste recycling and how to get started The meaning of ‘closing the loop’ and how a circu...
Benefits of Food Waste Recycling - FoodCycler®
Every time we toss food scraps in the trash, we’re throwing away more than just leftovers: we’re wasting resources, releasing harmful greenhouse gases, and missing an opportunity to give back to th...
Low-Waste BBQs: Minimize Food Waste and Maximize Summer Fun
Kick Off Summer BBQs Without the Waste Summer is the perfect time to fire up the grill and gather with friends, but BBQs can also generate a surprising amount of food waste - think single-use plate...
Compost vs. Fertilizer: Key Differences Explained
Introduction At FoodCycler, we’re all about helping gardeners find the best ways to grow their plants and feed the Earth, whether you’re a green-thumb veteran or just starting out. That means knowi...
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...
Wired Reviews the ECO 3™ FoodCycler™: Smart, Simple, Sustainable
For the full article, visit https://www.wired.com/story/home-composters-buying-guide/ Photograph Credit: Kat Merck/Wired First off, I appreciate that FoodCycler doesn’t even pretend it's making a...
FoodCycler™ as a Learning Tool for Eco-Friendly Schools
Hi lifelong learners! This blog post is going to cover how FoodCycler technology can be a powerful educational resource in the classroom, and beyond! Partnered With EcoSchools FoodCycler's partn...
How Mindful Eating Reduces Food Waste & Improves Mental Health
Key Takeaways Eating mindfully can reduce food waste, help you get more creative in the kitchen, and support a healthier relationship with food. Mindful eating can also reduce mental and emotion...
ECO 5™ Large Capacity Food Waste Recycler by Flagship Vortech
Introducing Eco 5, the World's Largest, Most Powerful Countertop Food Waste Recycler That Will Tackle Your Kitchen Mess Greetings, world! Overview This blog post is going to cover FoodCycler's ga...
Introducing Eco 3: What's Special About This Latest FoodCycler Product?
Overview The FoodCycler Eco 3 has launched! This blog will go over the features and capabilities of the new food waste recycler by FoodCycler®: the FoodCycler Eco 3™. Eco 3: Who, What, Where, Why...
Food Cycle Science Secures Strategic Investment from Power Sustainable Lios to Accelerate Growth
TORONTO and OTTAWA, ON, June 11, 2024 /CNW/ -- Power Sustainable Lios Inc. ("PSL"), the sustainable agrifood investment group of Power Sustainable ("PS"), announced today it has investe...
Composting with Foodilizer®: How To Supercharge Your Compost Game the Easy Way
Key Takeaways The FoodCycler® electric food waste recycler turns food scraps into a nutrient-rich soil amendment we call Foodilizer. Foodilizer can be added to your plants’ soil on its own, or yo...
DotheDaniel: A Cityline FoodCycler Review
For the full article, visit DotheDaniel.com Visit Cityline to watch the full video! DYK Half the food waste that goes to the landfills comes from households? The Eco5 FoodCycler pulverizes food...
The Stop Community Hub: Partnering for a Better Future
Author: Hilda Nouri Sabzikar, Urban Agriculture Manager, The Stop. The City of Toronto reports that “more than 99,000 tonnes of food waste (avoidable and unavoidable) is generated annually.” Ou...
2023 Reflections with CEO Bradley Crepeau: How to Be Fearless
Full article available to globeandmail.com subscribers HERE “I’m most surprised this year by the power of resiliency. It is contagious.” Not wasting food is one of the easiest and most powerful a...
Debunking 6 Common Myths About Food Waste Recycling
Alrighty, soil-lovers! Today we're going to be debunking some common myths about food waste recycling that you may have already come across. Myth 1: Food waste recyclers are "electric compost...
The Science Behind FoodCycler® and FoodCycler Foodilizer® Explained
Join us as we explore the science behind the FoodCycler process, the magical "Foodilizer" it produces, how you can use it, and its role in reducing our environmental footprint.
5 Creative Ways to Use Eggshells and Reduce Food Waste
You’re about to discover 5 creative ways to use eggshells and reduce food waste at home. Before we dive in, here’s one more to add to your list—did you know you can toss eggshells straight into y...
Food Cycle Science is thrilled and deeply honoured to announce that our company has been recognized as one of Canada's Clean Technology winners in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50™ 2023 pr...
Daytime Ottawa Spotlights the New ECO 5™ FoodCycler™
Check out the video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKVlNL0227k&ab_channel=Rogerstv
FoodCycler™ CEO Features New Product on CTV News: Innovation in Food Waste Recycling
Check out the video here! https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2671469
How to Start Your Seedlings Indoors the FoodCycler™ Way with a Food Waste Recycler
Now that we’ve (almost!) survived the long winter slog, spring is finally on the horizon. That means it’s nearly time to start your seedlings indoors. And with that comes the perfect oppor...
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...
Why You Shouldn’t Trash Your Yard Waste: Eco-Friendly Tips
Leaf litter doesn't have to hurt your lawn and can, in fact, provide a host of benefits to your yard, your garden and your local ecosystem!
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!
8 Must-Read Books on Food for the Conscious Consumer
There are some books that can change a person's life. This may seem melodramatic, but it's true. When you turn to a book because the subject or the cover peaked your interest, you never quite know ...
Best Nitrogen-Loving Plants for FoodCycler™ Fertilizer
Trying to grow healthier, fuller plants… but not sure if your soil is doing enough? Before you start adding more to your garden, take a step back. Are your plants getting the nutrients they actuall...
How to Choose the Right Soil Amendment for Flower Beds
Guest Author Nora Held works for a number of gardening-related sites and magazines, sharing her experience as an owner of a small farm in North Carolina. Like humans, flowers need to get the ri...
Tips for Shopping at Bulk Barn with Zero Plastic Waste
Tips for Shopping Bulk Barn with ZERO Plastic Waste
How to Celebrate an Eco-Friendly Black Friday
Black Friday is often thought of as damaging to the environment - and that assumption is not wrong. A lot of items end up in the landfill following a big Black Friday blowout, among these electroni...
6 Reasons Why Real Christmas Trees Are More Sustainable
Not sure about you, but choosing between a real Christmas tree and a plastic one was a real topic of debate in my household. Which is more eco-friendly? Cutting down a living tree, or buying a n...
Forest Therapy: Healing with Nature and Trees
Nature immersion – or, ecotherapy – has been scientifically proven to strengthen our immune systems, along with a host of other benefits.
How to Build a Backyard Pond Aquaponics System
About the Author: Hi, I'm Anne Thynne. Not the famous marine biologist but I love the fact that we both share a common interest. I have been keeping fish in aquariums since my childhood. Back in 2...
NASA’s Best Air-Filtering Houseplants to Purify Your Indoor Space
Want to eliminate the toxins from your indoor space? Read our blog now to discover NASA’s best air-filtering houseplants and how to look aft
Is Food Waste Worse for the Environment Than Plastic?
The issue of single-use plastic is a grave threat to the environment, but could food waste be a more pressing problem? Read our blog to find
Your Must-Have Fall Gardening Checklist
Need a comprehensive guide to spring gardening? Read this blog to discover your essential spring gardening checklist!
Avoidable vs. Unavoidable Food Waste: What’s the Difference?
Want to know the difference between avoidable and unavoidable food waste? Read this blog to learn more about the food waste crisis.
Veganuary: Everything You Need to Know About Going Vegan
Going vegan for January’s 31-day challenge? Read this blog to discover everything you need to succeed at Veganuary.
What Is Methane, and Why Is It Bad for the Environment?
Key Takeaways Is methane harmful? Yes, methane is a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Methane traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, causing global average temperatures to r...
Turning Climate Anxiety Into Positive Action
Worried about the future of our planet? Read this blog to discover how to turn climate anxiety into climate action.
6 Simple Steps to Start Your Own Indoor Garden
Want to get green-fingered but don’t have the luxury of outdoor space? Read this blog to grow a garden in 6 simple steps!
How to Make a Living Wall Indoors
Plants are the perfect addition to any home, but if you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably noticed a growing trend in recent months. The living plant wall has completely taken over the...
Valentine’s Day 2022: 10 Zero-Waste Date Night Ideas
Ready to become an eco-conscious romantic for Valentine’s Day 2022? Read this blog for 10 zero-waste date night ideas.
The 4 Main Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
What are the four main lifestyle tweaks you can make that will have the biggest impact on your carbon footprint? Read on to find out!
Your Must-Have Spring Gardening Checklist
Need a comprehensive guide to spring gardening? Read this blog to discover your essential spring gardening checklist!
Tropical-Looking Flowers That Thrive in Canadian Climates
Growing a garden full of beautiful flowers is an achievement to which many of us aspire. If you’ve ever visited somewhere with a warmer climate, you’ve probably left feeling in awe of the stunning...
8 Delicious, Easy and Healthy Food Swaps That Are Better for the Environment
Ready to make your diet greener and healthier? Read this blog to discover 8 delicious, eco-friendly and healthy food swaps.
How to Improve Health & Wellbeing While Helping the Planet
Want to feel good AND save the planet? Discover how to boost your health and wellbeing while helping the environment in this blog.
5 Easy & Affordable Ways to Cut Carbon Emissions in the Kitchen
Key Takeaways How to reduce your carbon footprint with food habits includes consuming less meat, avoiding plastic packaging, and using eco-friendly appliances and cookware. The FoodCycler® electri...
8 Simple Cooking Upgrades to Reduce Kitchen Waste
Want to make your home more eco-friendly? Read this blog to discover 8 easy cooking upgrades to cut down on kitchen waste.
The 6 Most Wasted Foods and How to Save Them from Landfills
Worried about the looming climate crisis? Read our blog to discover the 6 most wasted foods and how to save them from the trash.
Mold on Soil: What It Is and How to Deal With It
Mold on your soil… not exactly what you were hoping to see, right? Before you assume something’s gone wrong, take a closer look. Was it overwatering, low airflow, or the type of fertilizer you used...