The present situation of food waste in the country is increasing from time to time which is from restaurants, households, and re lated industries. On the other side, to control food waste many techniques have been using from different perspectives. In recent years, one of the well-known technologies that reach new heights and showing considerable growth in all research areas is the Internet of Things (IoT). This article presents the review of the present standings of IoT in the field of food waste management by the contribution of various researchers and academicians. This article also discussed different methods like conducting question naires, reducing plate size in the hotel, smart garbage systems, intelligent refrigerator, strengthening the food supply chain, etc. These methods gave good results in minimizing food waste. Furthermore, different challenges and factors also mentioned during food waste at household or restaurants with future directions to researcher those who are working on this domain.