{"id":4209,"date":"2025-07-10T16:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:09:38","slug":"olio-turns-10-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/olio-updates\/olio-turns-10-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Olio turns 10 this week!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83c\udf89 This week, Olio turns 10! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What began as a small local experiment is now a global movement, and it\u2019s all because of <em>you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we\u2019ve proven that when people care, connect, and share, extraordinary things happen \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It all started in 2015, when Tessa was moving house and couldn\u2019t bear to throw away good food from her fridge. With her friend Saasha, they launched a simple idea: a way for neighbours to share what they didn\u2019t need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very first share? Half a bag of onions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, millions of items have been saved from waste \u2013 helping households, the planet, and showing what\u2019s possible when communities come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, that spirit of sharing has grown far beyond individual homes. We now partner with businesses across thousands of locations to rescue their surplus food \u2013 and thanks to a network of 150,000 Food Waste Heroes, it\u2019s redistributed quickly and locally, right back into the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;A special message from Tessa &amp; Saasha<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Watch our 10-year video, celebrating the milestones you made possible \u2013 with reflections from our co-founders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"10 years of Olio!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWDZ39MMRI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>See how far we\u2019ve come<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From a local WhatsApp group, to a global, waste-busting app, Olio\u2019s evolved a lot in 10 years. Explore the visual timeline of our journey \u2013 and see <em>just how much<\/em> we\u2019ve grown together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/07\/10-year-timeline-600-x-900-px.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/07\/10-year-timeline-600-x-900-px.png 600w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/07\/10-year-timeline-600-x-900-px-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Real people. Real impact <\/strong>\ud83d\udc9a<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Olio\u2019s saved hundreds of <em>thousands of tonnes of CO\u2082 from being wasted<\/em>, but just as powerful are the <em>human stories<\/em> behind the shares. Like these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWithin 4\u20135 days, they had helped me furnish my whole house.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br>When Opeyemi moved to the UK with her family, they had no furniture and were sleeping on the floor. Then she found Olio \u2013 and a stranger named Kat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/olio-stories\/olio-stories-the-table-that-changed-everything\/\">Read Opeyemi\u2019s story<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cSharing on Olio helped me grieve, and gave my parents\u2019 things new life.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br>After losing both her parents, Anna chose to give away their belongings on Olio. The act of sharing became a deeply healing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/olio-stories\/how-sharing-on-olio-helped-me-through-grief\/\">Read Anna\u2019s story<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cBefore Olio, I didn\u2019t really go out or mix with people much\u2026 Now I\u2019ve made friends who are always there for me.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteering with Olio didn\u2019t just bring Teresa purpose,&nbsp; it transformed her mental health and connected her to a community she never knew she needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/olio-stories\/how-volunteering-with-olio-helped-teresa-rediscover-joy\/\">Read Teresa\u2019s story<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These stories are just three of thousands. Every time you share on Olio, you&#8217;re not just preventing waste \u2013 you&#8217;re building a&nbsp; community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Collective Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to you and millions like you, the Olio community has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd57Saved 120 million meals from going to waste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u267b\ufe0f Shared 15 million household items with each other<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\ud83c\udf0d Prevented 270k tonnes of CO\u2082 emissions being wasted &#8211; the equivalent of grounding over 12,000 one-way flights between London and Paris!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc65 Grown into a movement of over 8.5 million people across 65+ countries&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A note from Tessa &amp; Saasha<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;When we started Olio, we had no idea what would happen. We just knew something had to change, and we hoped others felt the same.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A decade later, we\u2019re completely in awe of this generous community. Not only have we saved an unthinkable amount of food and household items from going to waste &nbsp;\u2013 we\u2019ve also shown the incredible impact of connection and collective action.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thank you for making Olio what it is today. 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