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Photos: Technology saving food waste

By Lyndsey Gilpin February 20, 2014, 7:37 AM PST

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Photos: Technology saving food waste

$750 billion in food is wasted worldwide every year

$750 billion in food is wasted worldwide every year

One-third of the world’s food is thrown away every year, according the U.N. Startups are popping up all over the world to reroute food waste to charities and people in need so it doesn’t end up in landfills.

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Cropmobster reducing food waste with social media

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Cropmobster reducing food waste with social media

Using social media and mobile alerts, Cropmobster has rerouted more than 400,000 pounds of surplus food in 12 California counties in less than a year. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Rerouting surplus crops

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Rerouting surplus crops

A gleaning for hunger relief charities took place at Bloomfield Organics. Volunteers found out about the event via email alerts through Cropmobster. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Harvesting crops for hunger relief

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Harvesting crops for hunger relief

Volunteers help gather leftover crops at Bloomfield Organics for a hunger relief donation.

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Cropmobster in action

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Cropmobster in action

Each time, an alert is shared via email, social media, and text alert. Cropmobster, which now reaches 12 California counties, tracks the transaction time manually based on what the farmers post.

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Cropmobster delivers surplus crops

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Cropmobster delivers surplus crops

Cropmobster, run by Nick Papadopoulos of Bloomfield Organics, uses social media to connect farmers with surplus crops to people who need it.

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Mobile tech to spread news of available food

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Mobile tech to spread news of available food

Cropmobster posts photos on Facebook of ripe fruit on public property in the area, encouraging people to pick it before it rots. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Cropmobster's model

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Cropmobster's model

Farms post their excess food on Cropmobster, and it is picked up on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Nick Papadopoulos, founder of Cropmobster

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Nick Papadopoulos, founder of Cropmobster

“The number one goal for me is that communities are not only recognizing food waste is a crisis, but that we become a trusted partner of communities to make sure as much financial value and awesomeness and creativity is created,” Papadopoulos said. “But we are keeping these things in those communities.”

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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The Zero Percent app

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The Zero Percent app

Zero Percent started out as a mobile app in February 2012, but has since grown into a web platform that helps donors and charities with logistics of pickups and tracks data. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Using the Zero Percent mobile app

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Using the Zero Percent mobile app

A man uses the Zero Percent phone app to submit a photo of his surplus food available for donation to local hunger relief centers. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Grocers donating surplus food

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Grocers donating surplus food

Zero Percent reroutes more than 1,500 pounds of surplus food from Chicago grocers and restaurants a day. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Chicago restaurants donate surplus food

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Chicago restaurants donate surplus food

“It was an app for matchmaking initially, but now the platform allows us to look at logistics, cost effectiveness, and matching,” said Rajesh Karmani, CEO of Zero Percent. 

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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LeanPath uses mobile technology to track food waste

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LeanPath uses mobile technology to track food waste

LeanPath is a complete tracking system with its own hardware that uses a camera, a scale, and a touch screen interface to gather and transmit food waste data. The data is then sent to a cloud-based warehouse that spots waste reduction opportunities.

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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Plan Zheroes uses interactive maps to locate surplus food

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Plan Zheroes uses interactive maps to locate surplus food

This UK-based startup created an online interactive map to link places with food surplus to charities and people who need it. Right now, it’s free for anyone in London.

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–How social media rerouted over 400,000 pounds of food waste in a year

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