Team: Luana & Elena, BM2 VZA
Food-Ocki
Food Waste is a big topic in the modern world, and sadly it happens way too often. While we are throwing away food because the expiry date tells us to do so (even thought the food is still edible), other people on this earth are starving because they don't have any food at all.
It's nice to see that a lot of restaurants have already found solutions for this problem. For example; customers get notified about the leftover food through an app and can pick it up for a bargain price.
Although not all restaurants are this sustainable, we think the bigger problem are households, like us. Most of us throw food away which could still be enjoyed by somebody else.
So, our idea is: Every big city should open up a Food-Ocki !
What is that, Food-Ocki?
It is a place where you can go to bring your food which you don't want to eat anymore but is still edible. So leftovers or expired, but not bad, food.
What is the Food-Ocki going to do with this food?
We will firstly check if the food really is still edible. If it is, there are 2 options:
Option 1: We bring it to homeless people.
Option 2: We sell it in our shop, for a very low price.
Why the name "Food-Ocki"?
Ocki comes from Brocki, but since we are selling food, it's Food-Ocki... get it? :)
Results
If 10 people would use this system, there would be less Food Waste and min. 10 more people could eat something.
If 10 people would not use this system, there would be a lot more Food Waste and min. 10 people who could have eaten something, are starving now.