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In India Access Food has discovered that businesses across India have a huge appetite for donating their excess food. Now we are on a journey, from Jammu Kashmir to Kenyakumari, to find charities that can

give this food a good home.

The problem

• 30% people in India suffer from food poverty, and at the same time, one million tonnes of food is wasted. In fact, India is worst waster of food in World. Supermarkets, restaurants, cafes and caterers contribute significantly to this figure. This isn’t their fault, it’s just that uncertain demand means that good food goes unsold. Disposing of food adds to the already high costs of running their business.

The solution

There are many wonderful organizations helping the needy in every town in India. On the other hand food businesses often have good food that they haven’t served at the end of the day. Often businesses and charities are unaware that they can help each other. To solve this problem, Accessfood brings them together in order to reduce both food waste and food poverty. We do this with the use of a snazzy app, legal contracts (to make sure everyone follows all the food safety rules), and a network of businesses and charities willing to restore some of that old Indian community spirit based on shared food.

Features • Accessfood allows food professionals to provide,

through internet, supplies of unsold but still edible food to charitable or civic associations.Distributors, producers, restaurants, hotels, small traders, auctions etc. can all use Accessfood to make a food donation. The interested association may, upon acceptance of the issuer, pick up the food donation on location.

Household food and drink waste in the India

Total food and drink waste

Avoidable Possibly Avoidable Unavoidable

4.4m tonnes 1.4m tonnes 1.4m tonnes

Household food and drink waste

Fresh Veg and Salads15%

Homemade meals5%

Desserts2%

Other1%

Milk8%

Bakery12%

Meat and Fish5%

Dried Foods4%

Fresh Fruit9%

Processed fruit1%

Drinks17%

Pre-prepared meals/ snacks

7%

Condiments etc4%

Processed Veg and Salads

4%

Confectionery and snacks

1%

Dairy (Ex Milk)5%

Environmental Impact

Producing, storing and transporting food uses energy and resources

The equivalent to 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year

If we stopped wasting food it would be the equivalent to taking 1 in 4 cars off the road

Food in landfill generates methane -one of the most harmful greenhouse gases

Helping consumers keep food at its best

Thanks

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