Nina von Kalckreuth
Have you ever wondered where the leftover food came from the restaurant? Or the food from the supermarket? Do you sometimes throw away food that is still edible?
According to the "Too good to go" app, every year "1.3 billion tons of food goes into waste". These vast amounts of food could feed 3 billion people - almost half of the population! Above all, the rising birth rates to 2050 will ensure that food production will increase by 70% if food waste does not change. There are many options to avoid this problem and also some positive approaches. For example, the UN Organization focuses on goals such as food security and sustainability. But there are also alternatives for us consumers, such as these 3 apps that promote sustainability:
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Too Good to Go: Restaurant food rescue
This app from Denmark was already founded in the year 2015 to minimize food waste in the catering industry. Since then, it is one of the most successful start-ups in Europe - that's no wonder, because the concept is easy to implement:
With your smartphone you can explore places near you and order groceries cheaply "to-go" as a kind of surprise bag - the contents are often a surprise! The special thing about it: offers from restaurants, bakeries and hotels are displayed with food that is left over. You can even pick up a very cheap, delicious brunch from the breakfast buffet of a chic hotel at set times.
2. SirPlus: Rescued Food Online Store
The food of grocery stores, farmers or grocery chains is often thrown away due to the best before dates or blemishes, although they are still edible. If you do not want to go illegally "containers" yourself, you can buy the salvaged food of the SirPlus App low.
3. Etepetete: vegetables and fruit with blemishes
An apple in the supermarket with brownish dents is next to a perfect, red apple in the assortment - which apple do you buy?
The answer, if you're honest, is clear: we usually only buy the perfect fruit and vegetables. The outsiders of the fruits are then thrown away for their appearance or even immediately labeled as worthless, as they are unsalable for supermarkets - a paradoxical view in this day and age, where much emphasis is placed on the "inner values".
The Quasimodo fruits and vegetables, with three-legged carrots and shriveled Zuchhinis is then delivered to your home in so-called "rescue boxes".
https://etepetete-bio.de/index.php
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