Waste Food Management: Issues and Challenges

Authors

  • Sairaj Pillai

Abstract

The major challenge today the World is facing is scarcity of food. The quality of available food i.e. the presence of chemical additives, preservatives, etc. Almost about 97 million people are dying without food. Even those who are getting food are facing health related issues. In these technology driven World where everyone is ordering food through internet or mobile phones the major issue is if the food is not delivered properly or if the order is cancelled then the food is wasted. So the propose system has a one sought of solution for this problem. Basically the idea is to collect the leftover or cancelled food from the hotels and deliver it to the NGO’s so that the needy would get the benefit instead of just throwing it in dustbin. This process entirely takes place through web where if the food is left in the hotel the Hotel would raise a flag saying that I have leftover food and that would be hosted in the website , so now any social activist can just collect that food and deliver it to the NGO. It benefits the hotel as the food or not thrown away and NGO’s get the food for their needs.

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Published

2023-07-05

How to Cite

Sairaj Pillai. (2023). Waste Food Management: Issues and Challenges. NOLEGEIN-Journal of Business Ethics , Ethos &Amp; CSR, 6(1), 10–16. Retrieved from https://mbajournals.in/index.php/JoBEC/article/view/1139