Food waste is a crisis we can no longer ignore. Every year, roughly a third of all food produced for human consumption ends ...

With a Mason jar in one hand, I scanned the row of large glass and plastic jugs lining the wall in front of me. Each contained a different soap or detergent. The array was dizzying. It was my first ...

“Come in for a pinch or a pound,” says Shara Ertel, owner of Fulfilled Goods in Newton — a refill or zero-waste store where everything is sold in bulk by weight. Customers bring their reusable ...

Carrot tops, potato peels and bones quickly go from your cutting board to the trash bin, but no more. These are just a few ingredients at the center of the zero-waste movement, promising to make meals ...