Whole Surplus
Whole Surplus provides technology-based waste management solutions that help businesses and consumers redirect surplus products into the circular economy. Its AI tool identifies products from photos or text lists and recommends the optimal recovery path—discounted sale, donation, animal feed, or recycling—while generating instant reports on financial potential, CO₂ savings, and recovered meals.
- Clean Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Food Technology
- Commerce & Shopping
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Product
Problem
Annually, 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste are generated worldwide, and the ever-increasing amount of waste is not being managed safely or sustainably. This affects society environmentally, socially, and financially, as resources are not kept in production cycles and consumption habits create more waste than the earth can tolerate.
Solution
Whole Surplus provides technology-based, holistic waste management solutions that prevent waste generation at its source and recycle surplus products into the circular economy with the highest environmental, social, and economic value. The platform allows users to upload photos or write product lists, and its AI tool automatically detects products and recommends the most suitable recovery path—discounted sale, donation, animal feed, or recycling. Users receive an instant AI analysis report including financial earnings potential, CO₂ savings, and recovered meals. Whole Surplus offers solutions to all stakeholders in the supply chain, from producers and distributors to retailers, the food and beverage industry, and individual consumers, leveraging a broad partner ecosystem to create the highest value out of surplus.
Target Audience
Primary customers are producers, distributors, retailers, food and beverage companies, and individual consumers who have inventory surplus and seek to manage it sustainably while creating economic, environmental, and social value.
Features
- AI-powered photo and text recognition that automatically detects products and recommends the optimal recovery path in seconds
- Recovery options including discounted sale, donation to food banks, conversion to animal feed, and recycling of packaging and non-food waste
- Instant AI analysis report with financial earnings potential, CO₂ savings, and number of recovered meals
- Digital donation platform with a national food bank network that automatically matches surplus products with suitable food banks and municipalities
- End-to-end tracking system making donation operations traceable and transparent
- Transaction-based data tracking that reports social, environmental, and financial impact for waste prevention and impact communication