介绍:
American households throw lots of food in the trash each year. Now they can share it with their neighbors instead, thanks to a new app Olio. It was launched at the end of 2015 by Tessa Cook from England, and Saasha Celestial-One from America. It connects local communities, businesses and food stores. Users upload a photo and description of the food they no longer want, and a time and pickup location for others to come to collect it.
For many users, it’s about getting to know their communities. For others, it’s an opportunity to waste as little as possible. It’s also a useful tool for cafes and bakeries, which can upload unsold food at the end of the day. It’s providing an important social service. For some families, it has become a vital source of food.
Cook came up with the idea for Olio when she moved house in 2014. With the leftover food, she went into the street to give it away, but she failed. She wondered why there wasn’t an app for this. Later, her friend Saasha joined her. They both developed the great app.
Many people have e-mailed them to say “Thank you” because their families would haven’t eaten that night had it not been for Olio.
The app has been downloaded more than 180,000 times. It’s most popular in Sweden, the United States and Britain. However, the founders have much bigger dreams.
“Our ambitious goal is that hundreds of millions of people all over the world are using Olio to share their most precious resources, rather than throw them away in the dustbin,” said Cook. “We believe that Olio can help create a world in which nothing of value goes to waste, and every single person has enough to eat, without destroying our planet in the process.”
Food waste is a really big problem around the world and small actions can lead to big changes.
