1B+
meals wasted worldwide every single day
Our mission
Less waste. Lower bills. Every home managed better.
CapyHome exists to shrink what households throw away — food, money and time.
The problem, in numbers
79 kg
of food thrown away per person each year — by households
60%
of all food waste comes from homes like ours
8-10%
of global greenhouse-gas emissions come from food loss & waste
Source: UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024
And in Vietnam specifically
76 kg
of household food waste per person each year — right at the global average
8M+ tonnes
of still-usable food thrown away across Vietnam every year
$3.9B
lost annually — nearly 2% of GDP, 2nd highest in Asia-Pacific
7,800 tonnes
of food waste every single day in Ho Chi Minh City alone
Sources: UNEP Food Waste Index 2021 · Vietnam Food Bank Network 2024
What that means in money
A simple illustration for a family of four:
~304 kgof food wasted a year (4 × 76 kg, Vietnam figure)
~1/5of the food you pay for never gets eaten
~200,000₫saved every month if your home halves its waste — about 2.4 million ₫ a year
Illustrative estimate based on a 2,000,000₫/month grocery budget — your real numbers live in the app savings report.
And if we do this together?
What halving household waste could mean at scale — same math, bigger numbers:
3M users in Vietnam
≈115,000 tonnes
of food rescued every year
1B users worldwide
≈95B meals
saved — 260 million every day
2B users worldwide
≈200M tonnes
CO₂e avoided — like 43 million cars off the road
Not just food — time
An unanswered home is expensive in hours, too: who does what, what is coming up, where the money went. Putting tasks, the family calendar and finances in one place gives evenings back.
For as many homes as possible
The UN's target 12.3 calls for halving food waste by 2030. CapyHome wants to help households do their part — one fridge at a time.
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
— Lao Tzu
Your home's first step: knowing what's in the fridge.