Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at the intersection of technology and the humanities, investigating how perspective can enhance, rather than overstimulate, ...

Tracking food waste can save you hundreds — maybe even thousands — of dollars a year. Here are some expert tips for how to eat what you buy and buy only what you will eat. Three-quarters of a red ...

The three ice-crusted salmon fillets had been in my freezer for more than a year, squished next to an unopened package of chicken that was similarly well past its sell-by date. I excavated my ...

It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice ...

Circular economies don’t follow the ‘take, make and dispose’ model but try to keep products in use for as long as possible by ...