DOI:10.23883/IJRTER.2018.4182.7YPEH 681 FOOD WASTAGE REDUCTION THROUGH DONATION Divyesh Jethwa 1 , Ayushi Agrawal 2 , Rohan Kulkarni 3 , Leena Raut 4 1,2,3,4 Department of Computer Engineering, Universal College of Engineering Abstract - The sharp increase in the amount of wastage in terms of food makes the need for charity in terms of donation. In the current scenario food is being wasted daily on a large basis in different restaurants, weddings, social functions, college canteens and many other social events. People donate food manually by visiting each organization number of times in order to reduce the problems of food wastage where as there are websites that have taken efforts to help people donate food .The proposed system presents, a new internet-based application that provides a platform for donating leftover food to all needy people/organizations. The system 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. It provides information about the motivation to come up with such an application, thereby describing existing donation system and how the product works for betterment of the society. This system will create a common collaboration portal for hotels/restaurants and charities, charity can directly contact restaurants who have food remaining and report generation which will show how much food is donated by which restaurant and providing reward points for them .In this system Food Donor, Food receiver, Third party vendor, admin and premium user are the main modules where Food Donor can be any organization, institute or college who wants to donate food and create a new food donation request and Food receiver can be any charity firm seeking for food. A new food donation request will be created on the portal and once the request is accepted, a notification is sent to Third party vendor which is responsible for moving food from food donor to food receiver. The premium users are the ones who donate food on a daily basis. Keywords - Food donor; Charity; Third Party Vendor (TPV); food wastage; organic garbage compost; quality team. I. INTRODUCTION 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 a web application which aims to establish a link between restaurants and the charity homes/needy households to enable excess food donation. Food donation portal is internet-based application that provides a platform for donating leftover food to all needy people/organizations. The portal is shown to be an effective means of donating food to organizations, etc. over the internet. In highly populated countries like India, food wastage is a big issue. The garbage bins, streets and landfills have ample proof to prove it. Canteens, marriages, restaurants, social and family get-togethers and functions expel out so much food. Food wastage is not only an indication of pollution or hunger, but also of many economic problems. The high standard of living has resulted in the wastage of food. Because of quick changes in habits and lifestyle instead of wasting food, the system can put them in use by donating them to various