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FoodWise: Food Waste Reduction and Behavior Change on Campus with Data Visualization and Gamification

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Jeffry Wicaksana,

Kwang-Ting Cheng,

Huamin QuAuthors Info & Claims

COMPASS '23: Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies

Pages 76 - 83

https://doi.org/10.1145/3588001.3609364

Published: 16 August 2023 Publication History

Abstract

Food waste presents a substantial challenge with significant environmental and economic ramifications, and its severity on campus environments is of particular concern. In response to this, we introduce FoodWise, a dual-component system tailored to inspire and incentivize campus communities to reduce food waste. The system consists of a data storytelling dashboard that graphically displays food waste information from university canteens, coupled with a mobile web application that encourages users to log their food waste reduction actions and rewards active participants for their efforts.

Deployed during a two-week food-saving campaign at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in March 2023, FoodWise engaged over 200 participants from the university community, resulting in the logging of over 800 daily food-saving actions. Feedback collected post-campaign underscores the system’s efficacy in elevating user consciousness about food waste and prompting behavioral shifts towards a more sustainable campus. This paper also provides insights for enhancing our system, contributing to a broader discourse on sustainable campus initiatives.

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Sindiramutty SJhanjhi NRay SJazri HKhan NGaur L(2023)MetaverseMetaverse Applications for Intelligent Healthcare10.4018/978-1-6684-9823-1.ch003(93-158)Online publication date: 10-Nov-2023
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9823-1.ch003

Index Terms

FoodWise: Food Waste Reduction and Behavior Change on Campus with Data Visualization and Gamification
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI
  2. Ubiquitous and mobile computing
    1. Empirical studies in ubiquitous and mobile computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing industry
      1. Sustainability

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Onur NAlan HDemirel HKöker A(2024)Digitalization and Digital Applications in Waste Recycling: An Integrative ReviewSustainability10.3390/su1617737916:17(7379)Online publication date: 27-Aug-2024
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177379
Sindiramutty SJhanjhi NRay SJazri HKhan NGaur L(2023)MetaverseMetaverse Applications for Intelligent Healthcare10.4018/978-1-6684-9823-1.ch003(93-158)Online publication date: 10-Nov-2023
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9823-1.ch003

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