let’s make the most of food
By preventing food waste through innovative ideas and initiatives, we’re all solving the global problem of food waste. A circular approach that’s converting food waste into food is one that ticks so many boxes!
the problem / the food facts
It all adds up… One of the many cafes we work with produces 16 tonnes of food waste each year! Low and behold that’s one of our longest and strongest supporters!
Our national framework of food production and food waste in Australia needs to be redesigned.
According to the Australian government, food waste has significant economic and environmental impacts:
1/3 of the world’s food is wasted.
25% of water used in agriculture is used to grow food that is ultimately wasted – throwing away one burger wastes the same amount of water as a 90 minute shower
8% of global greenhouse gas emissions are produced by food waste . If food waste was a country it would be the third largest greenhouse gas emitter, behind the USA and China.
The government also notes that food waste is a major problem in Australia:
Food waste costs the economy around $36 billion each year.
5% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are produced by food waste.
Each year, Australians waste around 7.6 million tonnes of food – this wastage equals about 300kg per person or one in five bags of groceries.
let’s do more with our food waste
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