RhodeWaste Organics Navigator
Find out if Rhode Island's food waste ban applies to you, in under two minutes
Rhode Island's Commercial Food Waste Ban is law with real requirements, and organizations struggle to work out whether it covers them. The state's own food policy council told legislators the law needs dedicated technology and technical assistance to be followable.
A navigator that answers the coverage question in under two minutes, with a transparent tonnage calculator and a directory of composting facilities and haulers. The law's requirements are explained in plain language throughout.
Dee watched an experienced builder deploy an app live and admitted in Slack she was scared to try it herself. She set one condition on what she would build, in her own words: just because we can use AI to build, should we. Three practice builds later she shipped this, grounded in Rhode Island Food Policy Council data and sharpened by cohort feedback in office hours.
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Application Deadline: October 23, 2026