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Brand New Food Waste Videoclips

Check out our brand new food waste videos featuring Masterchef's Callum Hann and Food Investigators host, Dr Renee Lim

Brand New Food Waste Videoclips

Maggie Beer's FoodWise tips

Renowned chef and Senior Australian of the Year Maggie Beer shares with us her practical FoodWise tips.

Maggie Beer's FoodWise tips

Delicious recipes

Tomislav's Vanilla Cheesecake

Try Tomislav's Vanilla Cheesecake for a lovely autumn dessert

Tomislav's Basmati Rice Risotto

For a hearty meal, try this Basmati Rice Risotto recipe from Tomislav

Fast Ed's Roast Chinese Chicken wit...

Packed full of Asian flavours, try this roast chicken recipe from chef Ed Halmagyi

Billy Kwong's Duck with Citrus Sauc...

Kylie Kwong shares Billy Kwong's delicious signature dish recipe with us

Fast Ed's Braised Ox Cheek with Par...

Try this delicious recipe that ensures none of the animal goes to waste

Fast Ed's Gravalax

This fresh recipe is just in time for summer!

Fast Ed's Palmiers

Try this simple, delicious recipe from Fast Ed Halmagyi

Fast Ed's Seared Scallops with Sals...

Try this simple, fresh seafood dish from chef Fast Ed Halmagyi

Did you know ?

Research shows that up to 40% of the average kerbside garbage bin is food. A lot of this is avoidable food waste and most of it can be composted or put in worm farms. It's worth remembering that every bit of food that you throw out has cost money, so it makes sense to use as much of your food purchases as possible.
Food waste is a problem in many countries. In the UK, the Waste Resources and Action Programme (WRAP) estimates that a third of the food bought is thrown out. If that food waste was eradicated, it would be equivalent to taking one in five cars off the road.
Research by the NSW Government shows that the average NSW household throws out $1,036 of food per annum. In looking at food waste around Australia, Do Something calculates that Australians throw out $7.8 billion of food every year. That's a huge waste of money!
Australians waste over 4 million tonnes of food per annum. That's equivalent to 178 kilos per person every year.
When food rots in landfill, it gives off a greenhouse gas called methane. This methane is 25 times more potent a greenhouse gas than the carbon pollution that comes out of your car exhaust.
When you throw out food, what you see in the bin is not the only waste. You're also throwing away the massive amount of resources it took to get that food all the way from the 'paddock to your plate.' That includes all elements of production, processing, storage, refrigeration, transportation and cooking.
Using 'paddock to plate' calculations, WRAP in the UK estimate that one ton of food waste generates 3.8 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions. Using the same figures, food waste in Australia is responsible for an estimated 15.4 million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions every year.
Wasting food means that the resources used to create food, such as water and energy are also wasted. CSIRO has jointly developed a water footprint calculation method to assess the environmental impact of water used in agriculture and food production so that businesses can identify where changes and savings can be made in the production system. An ISO standard for water footprinting is currently being developed with Food Standards Australia so watch this space! ...
Tens of millions of kilograms of safe edible fresh food and groceries are discarded every year. This is due to changed labelling regulations, end of season excess stock, production line changeover items, out-dated packaging, discontinued product, as well as slight label or weight inaccuracies.

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