[047] FIGHTING FOOD WASTE – WHY IT’S IMPORTANT AND HOW TO MAKE IT EASIER WITH OLIO

​DID YOU KNOW?

• A land mass larger than China is used to grow food that is never eaten
• 25% of humanity's water is used on food that is never eaten
• Food waste accounts for around 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions (2-4x greater than aviation)
• If food waste were a country it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the USA and China
• 50% of food waste occurs in the home

All of those stats are pretty shocking, but the one that always gets me is the food waste in the home one. It's easy to blame farmers, or supermarkets for food waste, but actually the biggest culprits are us - you and me - with the brown bananas we ditch, or that pot of hummus at the back of fridge that we forgot about. And no matter how anal we might be about food waste, it's always going to occur -there's always going to be that kids party where they were all too hyped up to eat the carefully prepared sandwiches, party rings, crisps and the token carrot sticks you put on the table to make yourself feel slightly better about the rest of it; or the food left in the fridge before we go on holiday; or that unexpected work meeting. And this is where Olio comes in - it's a food sharing app that makes it easy for us to share food we don't want or need with neighbours living nearby who would like it.

Listen in to my chat with Tessa Clarke, joint founder and CEO of Olio. Hear how Tessa and her business partner got started with just a handful of people in a What’s App group, and how they grew that to an app that has amassed a million users. AND their plans to grow it to over a billion users in the coming years. ​It's an inspiring call to action for all of us to join the food waste revolution.

Enjoy!