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Food waste cost calculator

Open Food waste cost calculator on Happytails.ai. This view has the same page content and links, with explicit tool capabilities. Read the processing notes before using a tool.

Tool capabilities

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  "id": "food-waste-cost-calculator",
  "category": "calculators",
  "built": true,
  "requirements": "Up to 36,500 horizon days. Observed quantities and prices are assumed to repeat. No disposal fee, inflation or carbon impact is inferred.",
  "implementation": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "key": "discarded",
        "label": "Discarded quantity per observed period",
        "value": 2,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 1000000000,
        "step": "any"
      },
      {
        "key": "massUnit",
        "label": "Mass unit",
        "value": "kg",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "g",
          "kg",
          "oz",
          "lb"
        ]
      },
      {
        "key": "price",
        "label": "Purchase price for the reference amount",
        "value": 5,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 1000000000,
        "step": "any"
      },
      {
        "key": "priceAmount",
        "label": "Reference quantity covered by that price",
        "value": 1,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 1000000000,
        "step": "any"
      },
      {
        "key": "priceUnit",
        "label": "Reference price mass unit",
        "value": "kg",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "g",
          "kg",
          "oz",
          "lb"
        ]
      },
      {
        "key": "period",
        "label": "Observed waste period",
        "value": "Week",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "Day",
          "Week",
          "30-day month",
          "Year (365 days)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "key": "horizonDays",
        "label": "Projection horizon (days)",
        "value": 365,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 1,
        "max": 36500,
        "step": "any"
      },
      {
        "key": "reduction",
        "label": "Scenario: waste reduction (%)",
        "value": 25,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 100,
        "step": "any"
      },
      {
        "key": "currency",
        "label": "Currency of all entered costs",
        "value": "USD",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "USD",
          "EUR",
          "GBP",
          "CAD",
          "AUD",
          "Other"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "input": false,
    "background": false,
    "live": true,
    "presentation": "metrics",
    "note": "Project observed discarded mass and price through a chosen number of days. Reduction is an editable savings scenario, not an achieved result. Runs on your device. Changing units keeps the entered numbers.",
    "experience": {
      "automatic": true,
      "single": false,
      "inputMaxLength": 1000000,
      "inputMode": "text",
      "label": "Your text",
      "placeholder": "Type or paste your input…",
      "help": "Change the input or settings to update your result. Results update as you type. Up to 1,000,000 characters.",
      "helpParts": [
        "Change the input or settings to update your result.",
        "Results update as you type.",
        "Up to 1,000,000 characters."
      ],
      "action": null
    },
    "mode": "automatic",
    "interactive": false
  },
  "execution": "Browser interface",
  "api": null,
  "browser_agent": {
    "supported": true,
    "name": "run_current_tool",
    "discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
    "verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
  }
}

Page guide

See what your measured food waste costs over time and compare an editable reduction scenario.

How to use Food waste cost calculator
  1. Enter your measured quantities, units and assumptions.
  2. Review the calculated result and the stated limits.
  3. Download the report or plan for your project.

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Start with observed waste

Enter discarded mass for a day, week, 30-day month or 365-day year. Price can use a different mass unit, so a 100 g purchase price can be compared with kilograms of waste.

Compare a reduction scenario

Choose a horizon in days and the reduction percentage you want to examine. The report separates projected waste, total cost, potential savings and remaining cost. The scenario is not evidence of savings already achieved.

Save the measurements and assumptions

Download CSV and a text or JSON report. The calculation runs on your device. Changing a unit keeps the number you entered, so check both before using the result.