This week, food waste reduction got a major boost from the technology sector. Mill Industries announced it is joining Google’s AI Futures Fund to develop a Gemini-powered visual waste characterisation system capable of classifying and tracking food scraps at the point where they are generated.  The system is designed to give businesses real-time data on how much food they are throwing away and why.

In the U.S., food is the single most common material sent to landfills, with the value of wasted food exceeding $400 billion annually.  Mill’s technology aims to address this by turning food scraps into nutrient-rich outputs that stay out of landfills entirely.

The partnership gives Mill early access to next-generation Gemini models and engineering resources, allowing the company to speed up development and test the technology in high-volume, real-world environments. If successful, this kind of AI-driven approach could help restaurants, cafeterias, and other food service operations make smarter decisions about purchasing and preparation, cutting down on the food that never gets eaten

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/mill-joins-googles