ValuWaste Tracker is used to collect pre-consumer food waste information.  To that effect, one or more Trackers are placed in kitchen locations close to where the actual waste is generated or disposed of.  Employees weigh all food waste prior to disposing it, using Tracker.  This is accomplished via a process that takes about 15 seconds per container.

Periodically, typically once per week, the manager transfers all of the accumulated waste data in his/her Trackers to a designated PC that hosts the ValuWaste Advantage software application. 

Advantage builds and maintains the database that contains the complete record of all waste data.

Also, as part of the initial installation, each Tracker is pre-loaded with the specific food types, loss reasons and container types that apply to its area of operation, as well as the list of employees who will be using it.  Managers can easily update these lists because they are saved in the same ValuWaste database as the waste data, and managed through the Advantage software application.