Did you know that Australian consumers throw away around 3.1 million tonnes of edible food a year (DEE 2017) ?
If you hate food waste:
If you’re interested in reducing your food waste but don’t have the time or space for your own compost, head to ShareWaste to link up with your neighbours who can take your food scraps!
If you’re interested in starting a compost:
Composting is a wonderful way of reducing food waste. There are a heap of different compost options including worm farming, bokashi composting and ya traditional backyard compost.
If you’re a composter already:
If you could do with more food scraps, register on ShareWaste where locals can connect with you. Then you can organise to collect their food scraps periodically and give your compost heap an extra boost!
Bec DeCourcy
Sustainability Officer
