Breadline is Hong Kong’s first public digital platform for food rescue. Hong Kong — a rich city, with a poor food system. Hong Kong imports over 95% of the food we eat, throws away 3200 tonnes of it a day, while 20% of the population live in poverty.
Carol Wong，Breadline 早期義工之一，與Breadline 走過疫情爆發至今，見證由八至十人核心義工，互相補位：打電話到門市確認當晚麵包數量、聯絡義工、執包以至幫忙將麵包即晚送往受助團體；直到今日義工數量增加，運作模式穩定，既看著Breadline兩年多來的變化，疫情亦為Carol 個人帶來轉捩點。
「麵包線」Breadline 由2019年成立至今兩年多，作為香港首個回收剩食麵包的網上平台，拯救的麵包數量多達十萬個，有賴一班來自不同背景、自發投身的有心人，願意為有需要人士獻出時間和心力，究竟是甚麼驅使他們投身Breadline？每位救包英雄背後所經歷的故事會是怎樣？麵包線義工 Breadliner訪問系列，首位受訪義工是Simon。
The story of breadline is about food rescue and what happens to food when it can no longer be sold at a bakery, a market, or even a city level. So where do the food go when the shops close?
How do you design technology for good? Breadline is not only a webapp that collects surplus food for the poor, it’s also a tool that encourages participation and enables individuals to work together independently.
So proud to see Breadline featured alongside other innovative projects selected to represent the New Asia in Tatler’s launch issue. In every field and discipline, there are those who break the mould and I am pleased to be considered part of that wave.
Breadline is Hong Kong’s first crowdsourced food rescue web app that connects donors with volunteers and charities so surplus food can be delivered to those who need it. We want to give old bread new life!
Breadline was featured at Nesta’s conference held in London this year. My research “Networked Intelligent Actions – crowdsourcing food rescue” was one of the awardees of the collective intelligence grants.
An opportunity to discuss the step-by-step logistical issues of food rescue and my web application Breadline on RTHK Radio 1 programme Climate Watcher 大氣候.
Breadline has been chosen by Tatler as one of the five innovative ideas on sustainability in Hong Kong, and thanks to the feature, I became an Eco Hero.
In this interview with Noreen Mir, we chatted about my latest work Breadline – what it is, how it works and how this whole interdisciplinary project came to be.
Breadline makes its debut! This is the first crowdsourcing food rescue web application in Hong Kong that connects donors with volunteers and charities so surplus food can be delivered to those who need it.
