Tag: food waste
Tech Digest daily roundup: British food-waste app Olio raises £31m
Image: Olio A British app that encourages people to give away excess food has raised $43m (£31m) from investors including German takeaway giant Delivery Hero. Olio, founded in 2015 by Tessa Clarke and Saasha Celestial-One – whose second name was invented by her “hippy entrepreneur” parents – has 5m users who collect…
AI bin tracks restaurant rubbish to cut food waste
An AI-powered bin that tells chefs the types of food they are throwing away too often has been launched in a bid to cut down waste and save restaurants money. Winnow Vision uses a camera and smart scales to recognise and keep track of the food items that are being disposed of, helping commercial kitchens…
