Who doesn't love food? NSW households send an average of 800,000 tonnes of food, equal to $2.5 billion worth of edible food to the landfill every year. Not only is this an incredible waste of food, it also results in food waste in landfills breaking down to produce methane – a potent greenhouse gas.
Wasted food also means wasted resources. The water, energy, materials and fuel used to harvest, transport, process, package, distribute and market wasted food is also wasted.
Sadder still, most of it could have been eaten. Reduce the amount of food you waste by using leftover items to make sauces or as a sandwich filling.
For more information on how you can contribute to this important project visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.nsw.gov.au