WeWasteNoMore: A Mobile Food Waste Management & Food Aid Application
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https://doi.org/10.33736/tur.6050.2024Keywords:
Food waste, food aid, mobile applicationAbstract
Nowadays, food waste is becoming a major problem. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), almost half of all food produced will never be consumed in our society. The process of wasting food might bring significant impacts to the environment as well. In Malaysia, the commonly used methods to manage food waste unsustainable for the environments. Therefore, the main purpose of designing and developing WeWasteNoMore with Waterfall model in this project is to create and manage food inventory wisely. Besides, this application can generate monthly expenses based on the food purchased. The proposed application received positive feedback from the evaluation.
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