RULESSWASTE has reached a new milestone with the development of Deliverable D3.1: the first prototype of the food waste prevention platform.
This prototype is part of Work Package 3 and has been developed by NARIA as a web-based and mobile-accessible tool designed to support local coordination, surplus registration, redistribution and monitoring. It is not conceived as a standalone technological solution, but as an enabler of the wider social and territorial intervention of the project.
Technology at the service of local action
The diagnosis carried out in D2.1 showed that the most relevant responses to food waste in the selected rural areas should be formative, proximity-based and adapted to local realities.
For this reason, the RULESSWASTE platform has been designed to reduce the coordination effort between actors. It supports the connection between food businesses, local retailers, social entities, public authorities and project partners, helping them register, manage and monitor surplus food flows.
The goal is not to replace human collaboration, but to make it easier, more visible and more measurable.
Six modules for a practical first prototype
The first prototype of the External Dashboard includes six functional modules:
- surplus registration and alerts;
- donation and redistribution;
- KPI tracking by zone;
- community forum;
- feedback and surveys;
- administration.
Together, these modules allow users to publish surplus food, receive proximity alerts, coordinate exchanges, confirm handovers, register kilograms and generate data that can feed the evaluation work in WP4.
Designed for rural complexity
The platform is configured around the three territorial zones and five reference municipalities defined in D2.1: Gozón, Carreño, Tineo, Salas and Valdés.
Its design responds to the specific conditions of rural territories: dispersion, seasonality, different levels of digital literacy and the need for dignified redistribution. This is why the prototype is web-based, mobile-accessible and designed to work alongside non-digital actions such as workshops, campaigns, local agreements and proximity collection points.
Because in rural food systems, technology only creates value when it strengthens the relationships that already exist.
