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Title:
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UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY TO TACKLE FOOD WASTE IN SMART CITIES |
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Author(s):
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George Plakas, Stavros T. Ponis, Dimitra Tzanetou, Eleni Aretoulaki and Antonios Kitsantas |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-50-4 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Mário Macedo, Guo Chao Peng and Ajith Abraham |
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Year:
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2023 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Food Waste, Food Insecurity, Blockchain, Decentralized Applications, Tokens |
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Type:
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Short |
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First Page:
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343 |
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Last Page:
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347 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Food waste is a major global issue and responsible for significant environmental and socio-economic repercussions, while millions of people worldwide, are affected by food insecurity. Food insecurity occurs even in large cities with high economic growth, where at the same time there is a large number of catering businesses and restaurants, which due to wrong forecasting and their effort to meet the predicted demand, prepare more fresh meals than necessary. As a result, quality food ends up in the garbage, in a daily basis. The research presented in this paper introduces a solution, based on Blockchain technology, that allows food-service establishments to offer the extra meals they have already prepared and would otherwise be disposed of, to food insecure people. The project's research focuses on the one hand on mitigating the food waste phenomenon in urban areas with high number of businesses providing fresh meals and on the other hand, on providing free, safe and nutritiousmeals to food insecure people. The integrated system ensures continuous communication between both parties and optimizes the allocation of food surplus and thus, minimizes food waste. The aim of the project is to develop a unique marketplace for food surplus, through a mobile platform and application, that can be utilized in the concept of smart cities, in order tomitigate the food waste phenomenon and actually contribute to the well-being of insecure members of our society, with the discretion and anonymity that is offered by the Blockchain characteristics. |
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