Food Waste

In the wake of International Composting Week which kicks off next week (6 – 12 May) we thought we would research and give you a rundown on your composting options in Melbourne. We already know that in Victoria food waste takes up nearly 40% of our overall waste, so we should be exploring ways we…

Composting is a fabulous way to deal with food waste in the home and as a bonus can produce a nutrient-rich compost to use on your garden to improve soil constitution. Leaves, grass clipping and much of your kitchen waste can be included in the composting, but there are some food waste items that are…

Food waste is such as prominent issue and looking back at the Food Recovery Hierarchy, after ‘source reduction’ the next aspect we should be concentrating on is ‘Feeding People In Need’. One amazing food rescue organisation that does just that is SecondBite. SecondBite works by rescuing surplus fresh food that would otherwise go to landfill and…

Working in a commercial kitchen can be extremely busy and often chaotic – things like keeping track of how much food you are actually wasting can be really difficult. However, food waste is a very important aspect to understand both from a business point of view and a sustainability stance. The ‘Wise up on Waste’…

In Australia we have most likely heard the term ‘Waste Hierarchy’ which focuses on the aspects ‘Avoid’, ‘Reuse’, Recycle’. While this is great as a guide for waste management practices when it comes to food waste I feel like it almost needs to be addressed separately and more specifically. Food Waste or Food Recovery The…

Food waste in the hospitality industry is an issue for any café or restaurant. Wasting food has environmental impacts, is largely unnecessary and of course costs businesses money. In this article we will look into how the way you store your food can help you avoid wasting food. Of course safe food storage also goes…

In Victoria alone we throw out approximately $4 billion worth of food each year, of this a large component undoubtedly comes from the hospitality industry. Unfortunately at this stage In Australia we do not have accurate figures available for the cost and volumes of food waste produced in this industry. But if we use Britain…