Each year the average Australian wastes a whopping 300 kilograms of food. That works out to the average household spending at least $2,000 on food that ends up in the bin.
It’s hurting our hip pockets and Australia’s – food waste costs our nation $36 billion a year, with households contributing to about half that cost.
So what is being done about this problem?
There is a goal to halve food waste by 2030, a goal being driven by Stop Food Waste Australia. This is a powerful partnership of organisations along the farm-to-fork food supply chain and includes…