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MORE FOOD, LESS WASTE
HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN SUPPORT
COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES
THAT ENCOURAGE FOOD RECOVERY
Ricky Ashenfelter
Co-Founder & CEO
Spoiler Alert
NY Federation
Waste Conference
May 2016
Recent legislation supports waste reduction and food recovery
SEPT. 2015
EPA +
USDA
50 percent reduction
in food waste
by 2030 at
national level
DEC. 2015
U.S.
CONGRESS
Enhanced tax
deductionfor all food
donations by any business
JAN. 2016
ROCKEFELLER
FOUNDATION
$130M fundfor creating
secondary
markets for
wasted food
“THE CARROT”: POLICY INCENTIVES
CALIFORNIA CONNECTICUT MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND VERMONT
COMMERCIAL FOOD WASTE BANS ARE IN PLACE
AUSTIN BOSTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE
“THE STICK”: FOOD WASTE BANSRegulation is limiting businesses’ ability to send food to landfill
INVENTORY LOSSESWe take a holistic approach to food recovery and waste diversion
Inventory
Sold Product Unsold Product
“Saleable” “Unsaleable”
Discounts Donations Organic Waste
Byproducts
Salvage / Farms Waste Hauler
INTRODUCING
Developed at MIT.
Online platform. Web, mobile, and tablet.
Two years in the making. Extensive research,
testing and product development.
Beta launched in November 2015.
CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO
SUCCESS
1. Food rescue organizations
2. Value-added processors
3. Secondary resellers
4. Established gleaning initiative
5. Organic waste infrastructure
6. Coordinated collaboration