Australia
Do Something about Food Waste
Statistics:
What could this be spent on:
Statistics:
- Australians discard up to 20% of the food they purchase
- This equates to 1 out of every 5 bags of groceries they buy
- Up to 40% of the average household garbage bin is food
- For the average Australian household $1,036 of food is thrown away each year
What could this be spent on:
- Enough to feed the average household for over a month
- Paying off six months of your electricity bill
- Aussies throw out $8 billion of edible food every year
- Australia wastes 4 million tonnes of food each year
- This equates to 523kg per household, which is the same weight as just over 5 average size fridges!
Out of the $8 billion what do we waste every year?
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Why is it wasted?
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Who are the biggest wasters of food?
When food rots in landfill, it gives off a greenhouse gas called Methane which is 25 times more potent than the carbon pollution that comes out of your car exhaust.
The hidden impact?
When you throw out food, you also waste the water, fuel and resources it took to get the food from the paddock to your plate.
An estimated 20-40% of fruit and vegetables are rejected even before they reach the shops mostly because they do not match consumers' and supermarkets' high cosmetic standards.
If you add up the foods Australia wastes each year, it's enough to fill 450,000 garbage trucks. Placed end to end, the convoy would bridge the gap between Australia and New Zealand just over three times.
- Young consumers (18-24)
- Households with incomes of more than $100,000 per year
- Families with children
When food rots in landfill, it gives off a greenhouse gas called Methane which is 25 times more potent than the carbon pollution that comes out of your car exhaust.
The hidden impact?
When you throw out food, you also waste the water, fuel and resources it took to get the food from the paddock to your plate.
An estimated 20-40% of fruit and vegetables are rejected even before they reach the shops mostly because they do not match consumers' and supermarkets' high cosmetic standards.
If you add up the foods Australia wastes each year, it's enough to fill 450,000 garbage trucks. Placed end to end, the convoy would bridge the gap between Australia and New Zealand just over three times.