Earth Day: How AI is helping drive down food waste


According to the UN, food waste amounted to 1.05 billion tonnes worldwide in 2022. — AFP Relaxnews

As intriguing for some as it is threatening for others, artificial intelligence is nonetheless an additional tool in the fight to reduce food waste, estimated at 1.05 billion tonnes worldwide in 2022, according to recent UN data.

This Earth Day, here’s a look at three initiatives that are using this new technology to help find solutions to the problem of food waste.

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