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FOOD WASTAGE REDUCTION

MOBILE APPLICATION
Abstract- This System is used to manage wastage foods in a useful way. Every day the people are wasting lots of
foods. So we have to reduce that food wastage problem through online. If anyone has wastage foods they are
entering their food quantity details and their address in that application and then the admin maintain the details
of food donator. The donator can create the account and whenever they are having wastage food they can login
and give request to the admin. And the admin also maintain the buyer (orphanage, poor people,..) details too.
After the admin view the donator request and give the alert message like time to come and collect the food. And
the admin collect foods from donator through their nearby agent then provide to nearest orphanages or poor
people. After receiving the food from the agent by admin and give alert message to that donator. If the donator
needs any detail about the orphanage with helping thought they can give request to the admin and collect the
orphanage details. This project is food redistribution is an enormously successful social innovation that tackles
food waste and food poverty. The user’s details are maintained confidential because it maintains a separate
account for each user.
KEYWORDS: Food donator, Food wastage problems, collecting foods.

I. INTRODUCTION
The sharp increase in the amount of wastage in terms of food, clothes, books, etc. makes the need for
charity in terms of donation. This paper presents ‘Helping Hands’, a new internet-based application that provides a
platform for donating old stuff and leftover food to all needy people/organizations. It provides information about the
motivation to come up with such an application, thereby describing the existing donation system and how the
proposed product works for the betterment of society. The product is shown to be an effective means of donating
things to organizations, etc. over the internet. It shows the potential for avoiding the wastage of food, clothes, books
and the other stuff.
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In highly populated countries like India, food wastage is a disturbing issue. The streets, garbage bins and
landfills have ample proof to prove it. Marriages, canteens, restaurants, social and family get-togethers and functions
expel out so much food. Food wastage is not only an indication of hunger or pollution, but also of many economic
problems. The high standard of living has resulted in the wastage of food, clothes, etc. because of quick changes in
habits and lifestyle. Instead of wasting these things we can put them in use by donating them to various
organizations such as orphanages, old age homes, etc. The product is an internet-based android application that
basically aims at charity through donations.

Most people don't realize how much food they throw away every day — from uneaten leftovers to spoiled
produce. About 95 percent of the food we throw away ends up in landfills or combustion facilities. In 2013, we
disposed more than 35 million tons of food waste. Many people wish to donate things to needy organizations. Also,
many organizations wish to ask for various things required by them such as clothes, food grains, books, utensils,
etc., but there is no source available through which they can satisfy their requirements. Thereby, an Android
application has been developed through which people can donate items as per their capacity and the application also
allows organizations to put up their requests, i.e. items required by them, if any. The majority of the population
today uses smart phones with active internet connection, which is the basic requirement for this product to function
properly.

II. EXISTING SYSTEM & PROPOSED SYSTEM

EXISTING SYSTEM

In existing system if anyone have extra food because of any function or in their home it will be become
waste because instantly there is no way to share with anyone if they are having lots of food. Even if they want to
give that extra food to any orphanage or poor people they don’t have time or don’t have an idea about that. So that
we have create a application for sponsor that extra food to poor people or nearby orphanage.

PROPOSED SYSTEM

In proposed system we are reduce that food wastage using that application. This project is food
redistribution is an enormously successful social innovation that tackles food waste and food poverty. The admin
collect foods from donator through their nearby agent then provide to nearest orphanages or poor people. After
receiving the food from the agent by admin and give alert message to that donator through this way we can reduce
food wastage problem.

The proposed application is android-based, developed on Android Studio using java and xml requires
internet connection and will provide a platform for donors and seekers after they successfully register into the
system. If a user wishes to donate something, he/she can send a message in application.

This message will be shown as notification in donations tab to other users. This message will be stored in
backend in the database. Once a notification is sent, the orphanages who wish to claim the donations can reply to the
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donor and contact him/her. The user interface of this system will be simple and user-friendly, and the targeted
system is android. At present, we are aiming to avoid the major wastage that usually happens in India and that is
foodstuffs. We are looking and expecting to update and refine the same which will add up to efficiency and utility of
the application including books, stationary, clothes, etc. However, the application is limited Android Smart phones
with Gingerbread OS and higher versions. Also, the application will be beneficial if donors and seekers are located
near each other. The use case diagram shown above describes 3 actors – Donor, Receiver and Admin.

The Donor performs operations like Registration and Login into the System. He can also put up items for
donation and view all donation requests (items required by organizations). The Admin and Donor both can view the
Receiver’s location. The Admin can also monitor and update the database. The Admin and Receiver both can view
the Donor’s location. The Receiver can also perform operations like requesting for items, viewing requested items
and claiming donations.

III. MODULES

Login &Registration

This phase involves login & registration for both the guest and Agent. The user’s details are maintained
confidential by maintaining separate account for each user. At the same time only, the agent can view the details of
the registered guest.

Notification

This phase involves the notification to the agent by the guest. The user will send the notification which
contains the location of food available via notification bar. This is achieved by using notification button.

Admin Module

In admin module, the administrator maintains the agent details as well as the donator details. The
administrator collects the food from the agent. The administrator gives the orphanage details directly to the donator .

Donator Module

In donator module, the donator gives the wastage of food to the orphanage. The donator gives the request
to the admin for the purpose of to collect the wastage food. The donator views the orphanage details and agent
details.
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Receiver Module

In Agent module, the Receiver maintain the orphanage details. It can also maintain the donator details.
The Receiver give the request to the admin for collect the food from the donator. After collect the food the agent
gives the alert message for the donator.

Fig 1: Home page Fig 2: Admin Log in page

Fig 3: View page Fig 4: Adding People

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Fig 5: Food Wastage Details

IV. CONCLUSION
The proposed application shall reduce food wastage and also fulfill other requirements like clothes,
books, utensils, etc. of needy organizations.

As mentioned above in the description there is a lot of food wastage that occurs daily at restaurants and cafes.
Instead of throwing away the same as trash (which usually is the scenario), it can be used to feed the homeless.
Also, since the pickup is arranged for by the enterprise, the restaurants/cafes need not worry about it. Benefiters will
be both the restaurants/cafés (reducing the carbon footprint and wastage), and the needy

In future work, there was no standard food information system on food packages that gives the user the
information of both the name of the food, as well as its expiry date. The viable improvement would be get the food
name from the product bar code and read the expiry date using OCR tools. However, the level of ease of using this
option is only slightly greater than using the manual option of filling the food information.

Some companies have started trials with using QR code on their food packages to provide detailed information.
Notwithstanding, there is still lot of hurdles to pass for it to become a standard. But for the meantime, this
application presents a viable and effective solution.

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[5]. www.epa.gov/recycle/reducing-wasted-food-home
[6]. www.w3schools.com
[7]. www.tutorialspoint.com
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