Q&A With Divert CEO Ryan Begin: Preventing Food Waste With Tech and Sustainable Infrastructure
The bruised banana. The blemished apple. The brown bit at the bottom of that Iceberg lettuce.
U.S. grocers generate 16 billion pounds of food waste annually, and the U.S. as a whole sends 119 million pounds of food waste to landfills each year. Even though technology has been shifting the way retailers manage inventory, consumer behavior continues to perpetuate the issue.
Waste360 recently connected with Ryan Begin, CEO and founder of Divert, which has been using advanced technology to improve food recovery and create supply chain efficiencies since 2007.