Discarded bread is often turned into animal feed or dumped in a landfill. But now an environmental campaigner has come up with a better solution: brew it into beer.

Berlin-based Kaffeeform is taking the remnants of your cappuccinos, americanos and espressos and turning them into brand new, environmentally-friendly coffee cups.

Fighting food waste one delivery at a time: that is the ambition of the SirPlus team. The trio is planning to open a food outlet selling only saved food, and their market will have an online shop with same day delivery in Berlin.

By repurposing one of the main by-products of the coffee industry, CoffeeFlour have found a way to create economic, social and environmental value from what is usually thought of as a waste product and turned it into a valuable resource.

Want to save your food leftovers without using plastic? No problem! A small business in Vermont produces an eco-friendly food wrap made of cotton and beeswax.

A lot of food is thrown out because it passed its expiration date. But very often, the discarded products are still good. A gel tag could help curb this type of waste in the near future: Bump Mark lets you feel when food has actually gone bad.

It's late in the evening, you've been out all day. You're hungry, tired, and have no idea what's in your fridge. Sound familiar? The app MealSaver can help you scoop up lovely restaurant food wherever you may be in Berlin, save yourself some hard-earned cash and be part of a growing movement to combat food waste.

Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana is the best chef in the world. He’s currently using his culinary skills and prominence to throw light on the subject of food waste, preparing meals for the needy in Rio using edible food waste.

As the recognition grows across communities, governments and businesses that food waste is no longer tenable and its economic, social and environmental impacts are no longer justifiable, initiatives that seek to tackle the issue have been springing up globally. By reducing food waste at the farm level, this organisation tackles the problem at the source.