Fraser Coast Regional Council has joined the international Love Food Hate Waste movement, which was launched in the United Kingdom in 2007 to raise awareness of the need to reduce food waste.
To help launch the program, residents are invited to participate in a three-week challenge starting 6 March 2023. Participants will be emailed weekly challenge materials, plus helpful tips and tricks to reduce food waste at home.
Registration is free and everyone who completes the challenge will go in the draw to win some awesome prizes!
Join millions of people around the world to save food, save money and save our planet!
Love Food Hate Waste Challenge is a free, three-week challenge to help you understand your food waste habits while providing helpful tips, hacks and recipes.
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Planning your meals and preparing a shopping list can help you save time and money and help to prevent food waste.
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Check out our handy food tips to help your prepare meals, snacks and leftovers to help reduce your food waste.
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Knowing how to store food correctly can save money, time and food.
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The majority of food waste in Australia comes from our homes.
Australian households waste 2.5 million tonnes of food each year, or more than four kilograms per household per week.
Organic material makes up about half of what Queenslanders throw away in their wheelie bin each week.
Approximately 1.8 million tonnes of food waste were generated in Queensland in 2016–17, with a third of it coming from households. That’s millions of dollars’ worth of food being wasted.
By the end of the decade, Australia has a national target to halve food waste.
The Australian economy loses $36.6 billion per year due to food waste. Households account for around 50 per cent of this.
Food waste is avoidable and can reduce costs for households. Australian households spend between $2,000–$2,500 per year on food that is wasted.
Stop spending money on food only to throw it away. Prepare only what you need, store food appropriately and use your leftovers.
When disposed to landfill, organic matter, including food waste, contributes to climate change.
Although organic waste is often seen as ‘natural’, when it breaks down it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that has a global warming potential between 28 and 36 times that of carbon dioxide.
Print out our challenge poster and put it up on the fridge and in your lunchroom at work or let your friends, family, and followers know you’ve signed up for the challenge on social media and encourage them to get involved.
