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Another Way to Keep Food Out of the Trash | Mette Lykke leads Too Good to Go, which operates in 19 countries to reduce waste and make surplus food accessible. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] ch00f 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The problem is that the point of the app is to reduce food waste by selling extra food at a discount.

I think some of these people are just making more food intentionally so that they’ll have something for the app. There’s a perverse incentive where not having extra food at the end of the night means fewer customers.

The lost revenue on the discount sale of extra food can be less of a disincentive than gaining extra customers can be an incentive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's like the cobra issue in India which is from Perverse incentive.

The basis of all of this issue is simply that things required to live are either too expensive or the income is too low. (Or efficient distribution is too difficult)