Open crowd: Just-in-time food rescue

Daisy D S Tam

doi:10.4324/9780429317170-3

Open crowd: Just-in-time food rescue

Daisy D S Tam^*

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Abstract

Hong Kong’s urban food system produces 3,600 tonnes of waste a day while 20 per cent of its population face food insecurity. In this article, I argue that waste, as matter out of place, is produced by temporal systems of enclosure—accumulation, either through hoarding, stockpiling or proprietorship, restricts access and circulation leading to decay and waste.

Food rescue, the repurposing of surpluses to be distributed to the society’s vulnerable population, has been hailed as a solution that contributes both to environmental protection and poverty alleviation. However, the temporal and dispersed nature of surplus food make logistics the greatest challenge in food rescue.

In this chapter, I explore the becomings of commercial food, attending to its temporal specificities by approaching the question of food waste as matter out of time. I will also present Breadline, a web application developed as part of my action research, to demonstrate an ICT-enabled solution that tackles the temporal and spatial challenges of food rescue.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Temporalities of Waste
Subtitle of host publication	Out of Sight, Out of Time
Editors	Fiona Allon, Ruth Barcan, Karma Eddison-Cogan
Publisher	Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
Chapter	1
Pages	21-35
Number of pages	15
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000209075, 9780429317170
ISBN (Print)	9780367321796
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429317170-3
Publication status	Published - 29 Oct 2020

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Name	Routledge Environmental Humanities
Publisher	Routledge

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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