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January 7, 2020

Karma battles food waste with smart fridges

The Swedish food waste app is rolling out communal fridges to make it easier to distribute meals


Maija Palmer

3 min read

A fridge in the middle of a train station might be part of the solution to the world’s food waste problem. Or so Karma, the Swedish surplus food selling app, believes.

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