Observed arrival · 2026-09-28
WASTE TRACE: food waste before the dumpster
A food-inventory and surplus-planning project for Burning Man camps, designed to track food from purchase through cooking and flag excess while there is still time to use or transfer it.
- For
- Burning Man camps and regional event kitchens
- Worth noticing
- Its onion example traces 120 lb received into 38 lb used, 27 lb allocated, and 55 lb flagged surplus.
Field notes
Kitchen purchases and receipts are entered through camp group chat, with daily production drawing down inventory before a forecast flags possible surplus. The page says camps can also follow the workflow with a spreadsheet and phone; its listed replication materials include a field guide, laminated kitchen flow cards, data schemas, and board templates. In the site's onion example, 27 lb are allocated for Tuesday after 38 lb were used Monday, with 55 lb flagged for a next step.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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