College uses camera to cut food waste

Emerson College in Boston has installed a food camera on campus for students to advertise and share leftover food, The Berkeley Beacon reports.

Available for use from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, the food cam is aimed to slash waste on campus. Students who wish to use the camera place their unused food on the counter beneath it and press a button to take a photo. Once the photo is snapped, it's automatically posted to the food cam’s designated Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Slack social media accounts.

A disclaimer posted underneath the camera dictates guidelines around donating food, as well as the potential health and safety hazards. Officials say the area will be cleaned every night.

The food cam is the latest sustainability effort from the school. In the past, Emerson has hosted a Weigh the Waste initiative to draw attention to the amount of waste created in its dining halls.

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