How to reduce, reuse and recycle to prevent food waste

Reduce

Plan your meals in advance.
Check your pantry and fridge before you go shopping.
Don’t buy food if you aren’t planning to eat it past its storage life.
Shop with a list – there’s plenty of apps to help you.

Reuse: use leftovers in new recipes

Think of leftovers as an “ingredient” and create new recipes for your next meal.

To find delicious leftover recipes, visit:

Fight Food Waste. The website lists a selection of information sources on how to use your leftovers and save money.

Love Food Hate Waste. Find a variety of creative ways to use leftover food:

Donate the surplus to food banks, charities

Here is where you can donate your food surplus:

Food Bank. They are present in all Australian states.

Empower. A charity organization based in Victoria.

SecondBite. It is a national food rescue organization.

OzHarvest. Another national food rescue organization.

FareShare. They are based in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Recycle your food waste

By recycling your food waste you prevent it from going to landfill, which helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and turns it into amazing fertiliser.

Compost your food waste at home, more info here
Bring your food waste to your local organic recycling facility
Talk to your neighbours, many people are composting and might be looking for more food scraps.
Start worm composting

What else can you do?

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