WWasteWatcher
Our Story

Built on evidence, not assumptions

Our product strategy is grounded in published cold-chain, methane, and food-waste economics research. Midstream logistics failures drive a disproportionate share of loss and climate impact[3][16], so we focus on interventions that are measurable in both dollars and emissions.

$380BU.S. surplus food value in 2024[8]
500kActive refrigerated trailers in the U.S. fleet[25]
55MMetric tons CO2e from annual U.S. food landfill emissions[17]
3.65 yrsFood-waste landfill methane half-life[18]

What we stand for

Our research principles

๐Ÿ”

Traceable Claims

Every KPI we publish ties back to a publicly available source and is presented with explicit citation on-page.

๐Ÿงช

Operational Realism

We focus on constraints that actually break cold chains: maintenance gaps, warm loading, dwell delays, and sensor blind spots.

๐Ÿ“‰

Financial Accountability

We frame sustainability changes in dollars recovered, spoilage reduced, and implementation cost so decisions are investable.

How we structure the evidence

Evidence base

Food loss and economics

ReFED reports and roadmap[8]

We anchor opportunity sizing to ReFED data on U.S. surplus food value, per-capita waste, and system-level investment returns.

Landfill methane kinetics

U.S. EPA methane studies[16]

We model environmental risk with EPA methane kinetics and capture-lag findings so avoided waste translates to avoided emissions.

Transit refrigeration operations

Cold-chain operational analyses[3]

We prioritize the transport stage where failure rates, loading mistakes, and dwell-time delays drive avoidable spoilage events.

IoT mitigation outcomes

IoT shelf-life and AI deployment evidence[33]

We validate intervention impact with studies showing 38% spoilage-cost reduction and measurable emissions and cost savings at scale.

Product authors

Built by this team

Names link directly to LinkedIn profiles. LinkedIn profile photos are shown when publicly fetchable; otherwise a monogram is used.

AG
Abraham Guerrero

System Design & Software Development

GitHub: @AbeGue02

Leads system architecture and core implementation across telemetry ingestion, risk logic, and product integration.

AT
Andre Teague

Data Research & Software Development

GitHub: @TypicalTeague

Owns research synthesis and contributes to software implementation that connects findings to product workflows.

NN
Niya Neblett

Project Management & Research

GitHub: @niyaneb

Coordinates project execution and research direction to keep delivery, scope, and evidence aligned.

IJ
Isaac Johnson

Brand Identity & Marketing

Shapes product narrative, visual identity, and go-to-market messaging for stakeholder-facing communication.

Need a data-backed waste strategy?

Talk with us about how these findings translate into your network-level implementation plan.

Get in Touch

Footnotes

  1. Cold Chain Logistics Shipping Guide: Protect Product & Margin | Worldwide Express https://www.wwex.com/shipping-resources/cold-chain-logistics
  2. The 2026 ReFED U.S. Food Waste Report https://refed.org/food-waste/refed-us-food-waste-report-2026/
  3. Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste | US EPA https://www.epa.gov/land-research/quantifying-methane-emissions-landfilled-food-waste
  4. Food Waste and Methane: What's the Connection? - EPA https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-06/epa_usda_methane_and_food_waste_fact_sheet.pdf
  5. Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste - EPA https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-10/food-waste-landfill-methane-10-8-23-final_508-compliant.pdf
  6. Maximize Gains with Refrigerated Truck Trailers - Ryder https://www.ryder.com/en-us/insights/blogs/fleet/refrigerated-truck-trailers-guide
  7. (PDF) Smart Shelf Life: How IoT Sensors Cut Food Waste by 38% While Boosting Perishable Profits https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396736476_Smart_Shelf_Life_How_IoT_Sensors_Cut_Food_Waste_by_38_While_Boosting_Perishable_Profits