The amount of food wasted worldwide is a vast and increasing problem.

Fortunately, technology can help individuals find innovative ways to preserve food and reduce wastage.

Too Good to Go

Too Good to Go is a free app providing a brilliant service.

hand holding a lemon next to food bags and a wicker basket

Then, order and collect a Surprise Bag directly from the location.

The result: you get bargain food, and businesses have less waste.

It even records how much money and CO2 you’ve saved!

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Too Good to Go currently operates in 18 countries.

Download:Too Good To Go(Free)

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OLIO

OLIO is another ingenious app that will help you to share more and waste less.

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As you share, you earn karma points and unlock badges.

The main benefit, though, is to invest in supporting OLIO’s mission.

It’s a friendly community with a supportive forum, and it’s available worldwide so everyone can join.

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Like OLIO, you’re able to easily find many moresites and apps to help you reduce waste.

Download:OLIO(Free, subscription available)

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Kitche

Kitche is a free app designed to ensure you don’t waste any food in your home.

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The app keeps an inventory of all the food you have in stock and categorizes everything.

It can then suggest what you might need to buy next time you shop.

The result: no more wasted food.

Screenshot of Olio app showing food giveaway

Download:Kitche(Free)

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That’s where Horizon comes in handy.

This free recycling app is full of great advice to ensure you waste less and recycle more.

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key in your location details, scan a product, and learn how to recycle it in your locality.

It’s especially great at identifying the many types of plastic food packaging.

you’ve got the option to also listen to some greatpodcasts about how to practice sustainability.

Screenshot of Horizon app showing collection points on map

Download:Horizon(Free)

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Karma

“Rescue food effortlessly” is the boast of this free app.

Download:Karma(Free)

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Evocco

Evocco helps you to be more aware of the carbon footprint of your shopping.

This food app allows you to photograph your receipts whenever you shop for food and get a sustainability score.

This enables the people behind Evocco to plant native woodland in Ireland, capturing carbon and restoring natural habitats.

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Evocco will definitely make you more aware of the impact of your consumer choices.

Download:Evocco(Free)

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NoWaste

NoWaste is a food inventory tool for use in your home.

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We are all consumers, and everyone makes daily choices about what we eat and how we shop.

Screenshot of Karma app showing example of food choices

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Screenshot of Evocco app showing intro screen

Screenshot of Evocco app showing trees planted

Screenshot of Evocco app showing CO2 savings

Screenshot of NoWaste app showing food inventory

Screenshot of NoWaste app showing CO2 levels in foods

Screenshot of NoWaste app showing waste savings