Tackling Australia’s food waste
Published:
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/waste/food-waste
7.3 million tons of food is wasted each year in Australia, of which 3.2 million tons - 43.8% - ends up in landfill.
to rethink the way they've understood and dealt with food waste. Businesses approaching the problem of food waste with an attitude of ‘progress over perfection’ are yielding outcomes that are good for business and for the planet.
There are businesses solving this problem using tried and tested methods that are well within our reach: we don't need dazzling new innovations to redistribute food and prioritise food for people.
The fact that we are using huge amounts of resources to produce food, and then wasting a third of it, is a wake up sign to those in business: to varying degrees, we are all part of this mind bogglingly inefficient global food system.
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