We noticed that many people often throw out leftovers or food that they bought but never used. Every year, 119 billion pounds of food waste - nearly 40% of all food within the US - are generated in the United States alone.
Food waste is a major environmental issue because food production has a significant greenhouse gas footprint. Wasting food further exacerbates this problem by not only encouraging overproduction, but also through extra methane that is released when food ends up in landfills.
Of course, while much of this waste is through corporations or restaurants, individual households still make up a considerable percentage of this waste. Therefore, our project aims to reduce food waste through connecting neighbors and facilitating the exchange of leftovers and the like.
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In Yummy, users can create accounts and sign in to access their own feed. Inside of their feeds, they will see posts from others around them about food that they have and would like to give away.
Posts can also be created, with an image, title, body, and location attached. If somebody else wishes to take some food, they can click the "I Want This" button on the bottom of the post to claim the food and pick it up for later.
Every post has location information attached to it, which is displayed as a marker on the map.
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