The sharing economy just keeps getting stranger and stranger.
That's probably because the most practical examples of peer-to-peer sharing services—like Uber, Airbnb, Kickstarter, TaskRabbit—have already taken flight. What’s left is a mishmash of ideas that may or may not need sharable functionality—things like laundry and personal chefs. But hey, they’re still pretty cool for the few who actually require them.
And then there’s LeftoverSwap, which sounds odd at first but is actually pretty smart—provided it can navigate some possible health concerns.
The idea is simple: LeftoverSwap connects neighbors and helps them exchange their leftover food.
Let’s say you've just finished eating a delicious home-cooked meal and you have a ton of leftovers you don’t want to go to waste. Just snap a picture of the food and post it to LeftoverSwap. Hungry people nearby can peruse what’s available in the area and offer to take the leftovers off your hands. There’s no exchange of money, unless privately arranged, and you can choose to meet them wherever you like.
Voila! You’ve just solved the problem of food waste—or at least your contribution to it. And that’s really what the people behind LeftoverSwap are trying to do. Food waste is a growing problem, and a number of eco-conscious startups are looking for ways to reduce the billions of tons of food that are needlessly thrown away each year.
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