FOOD WASTE match them with donors to ensure any excess food is used to feed others .
Copia has not only recovered more than five million pounds of edible food from landfills and provided businesses and nonprofits with over US $ 21m in savings – think actionable insights to help them understand their food surplus trends to reduce overpurchasing – but they are feeding more than 5 million people with food that would be otherwise wasted .
There has been a recent surge of apps in the redistribution of food waste space , connecting consumers with F & B outlets to give discounts on excess food at the end of each day – Too Good to Go operates in many cities across Europe and North America , while Yindii and Treatsure operate in Thailand and Singapore , respectively .
Instock in The Netherlands looks to farmers , producers , packaging companies and brokers for surplus food to distribute onwards . While fast-growing UK-founded Olio , now used in more than 100 countries and in partnership with huge businesses like Tesco , redistributes food nearing its sell-by date .
“ Olio has grown five times over the last year , reflecting a step change that ’ s taken place as businesses and citizens look to be more sustainable and connect with their local communities ,” says co-founder Tessa Clarke . “ We have this enormous ambition because humanity cannot continue to puzzle over how to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees and feed a population of 10 billion – whilst continuing to throw away one third of the food we produce and consuming as if we have 1.75 planets .”
Food for thought , indeed .
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