Some restaurants donate unsold items. And some chefs find inventive ways to use leftover produce. Then, there are eateries that get a little helping hand from technology in tackling the food waste problem.
Whether it is using smart sensors and artificial intelligence (AI), or rallying people via mobile apps, technological innovations are helping in various ways to reduce the amount of food waste here which, during the Chinese New Year period, has been reported to go up by 20 per cent.
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