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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
BY THE NUMBERSWaste and hunger
IN AMERICA, THERE ARE
50 MILLIONFOOD INSECURE INDIVIDUALS…
YET 40% OF FOOD IS WASTED…
$160 BILLIONIN LOST VALUE FROM WASTED FOOD
LARGEST FOOD WASTE GENERATORS
IN BOSTON
LARGEST FOOD WASTE GENERATORS
IN BOSTON
LARGEST FOOD WASTE GENERATORS
IN BOSTON
LARGEST FOOD WASTE GENERATORS
IN BOSTON
LARGEST FOOD WASTE GENERATORS
IN BOSTON
FOOD IS GOING TO WASTE THROUGHOUT
NEW ENGLANDBECAUSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DISCONNECTED
MACRO FORCESImpacts on food recovery and waste diversion
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
Images from @UglyFruitAndVeg Campaign
THE YEAR OF
UGLY BUT LOVELY
Type
EMERGING MOMENTUM TO CREATE
SECONDARYMARKETSFOR UGLY BUT LOVELY PRODUCE
TAKERMAKERWASTEFOOD
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
SPOILER ALERTOverview
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.
SPOILER ALERTB2B marketplace and collaboration platform for wasted food
QUICK POSTINGTake 30 seconds to post or record food for sale or donation
EASY COMMUNICATIONSReal-time email, text, and in-app notifications
CUSTOM FILTERSControl your notifications, geography and distance
DATA TRACKING & REPORTINGKeep track of donations with online reporting
CASE STUDIESObservations in food recovery
MAINE & SPOILER ALERTUsed to support gleaning, donation and local food hub initiatives
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
