Using artificial intelligence to combat food waste

Food waste is a global sustainability problem: around a third of the food produced is lost or dis-posed of every year. This leads to massive economic losses, inefficient use of resources such as water and energy, and high greenhouse gas emissions from the landfilling of organic waste. Since private households are responsible for around 60 percent of this waste worldwide, it is increasingly becoming the focus of the circular economy. In the hospitality sector, AI-supported systems have established themselves in recent years as an effective tool for measuring, analys-ing and reducing waste through targeted feedback. Against this background, the study "Explor-ing the potential of AI-driven food waste management strategies used in the hospitality industry for application in household settings", published by American scientists in "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence", examines how such technologies can be adapted to households and what role they can play in the implementation of circular economy principles.