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"Most food and garden waste in Australia comes from homes. Australian
households waste 3.1 million tonnes of food each year. That’s more than five
kilograms each household per week.
Over half of all household waste is food organics and garden organics, also
known as “FOGO”. These scraps and clippings take up space in landfill and, when
they rot, emit dangerous greenhouse gases.
The federal government’s National Waste Policy Action Plan aims to increase the
organic waste recycling rate from 47% to 80% by 2030 and halve the amount sent
to landfill. This won’t happen on its own - we need investment and action.
Food and garden waste can be captured and turned into compost. Composting is no
longer just the domain of the home gardener or eco-warrior. It’s happening at
commercial scale, through services such as council collection from homes.
A federal government fund is building new composting facilities and supporting
other food and garden organics recycling projects. The South Australian
government has invested in council trials of weekly green bin collection and
fortnightly rubbish collection.
But more must be done. Recycling food waste into high-quality compost is a
win-win solution, for people and the planet. Here, we explain why."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
