#Whywasteit?

Today is International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste #FLWDay. Let’s stop food loss and waste for the people, for the planet!

LET'S SAVE MONEY BY SAVING FOOD WASTE!

Did you know that Australians throw out 1 in 5 bags of groceries each week? This adds up to between $2.6-3.8K worth of food per household each year.. Eeek !

Our latest East Waste Councils bin audit showed that:

30 % of what we throw in the landfill bin is food.

75 % of this is edible food.

48 % is fresh fruit and vegetables.

Let's eat it and not waste it! Read more about how we can save money and food waste.

City of Burnside’s stats were:

30 % of what we throw in the landfill bin is food.

64 % of this is edible food.

51 % is fresh fruit and vegetables.