By volume, food waste makes up most of our bins. Since landfill sites are tightly packed food waste don’t break down in landfill and are a wasted resource when they end up there. When our food scraps end up in a compost bin and are put onto our gardens or farms it helps replenish soils and is a key step in tackling climate change. 

Before we jump into composting there are other steps to help reduce food waste. 

• Making a list before you head to the shops can prevent impulse buying and over purchasing. 
• Shopping the fridge and pantry first.
• Plan out meals to help make sure everything you buy is eaten.
• Pass on any food you won’t eat but is still edible to friends and family, or into the community via a Food Pantry or the Olio App.

Ways to compost

• Look into a compost bin, tumbler, or building your own in the backyard. 
• Worm farms and bokashi bins suit those with smaller yards, courtyards, or balconies. 
• Local council food waste collection – Many local councils offer this service, check your council’s bin collection webpage for Food Organic Green Organic (FOGO) Green bin collection services.
• Chickens not only make great additions to help reduce food waste, they are also fun pets and you’ll get fresh eggs in return. 

Food Waste

• Compost Depot – Are dedicated to stopping food scraps from ending up into landfill by offering community compost solutions.
• Local council food waste collection – Many local councils offer this service, check your council’s bin collection webpage for Food Organic Green Organic (FOGO) Green bin collection services.
• Reground for commercial coffee compost.

Watch

• Gardening Australia guide to great compost
• Living Soil Film
• Just Eat It, A Food Waste Movie

Read

• Composting for a New Generation: Latest Techniques for the Bin and Beyond by Michelle Blaz.
• The Less Waste No Fuss Kitchen by Lindsay Miles.
• The Waste Between Our Ears by Gery Gillepsie.

Connect

• The Worm Monger
• Compostable Kate

Bookmark

• The Compost Revolution 
• Olio App – share surplus food with neighbours.