End Food Waste Australia

This Food Waste Action Week, we're spotlighting real action in the fight against food waste. Here at End Food Waste Australia, our Cooperative Research Centre certainly drives a lot of action and you can swipe for some highlights. Research is at the heart of everything we do, it’s the key to finding smarter solutions, shifting policies, and driving real action, like transforming wine grape waste into high-value nutraceutical ingredients or understanding what behaviours need to change to reduce household food waste. Over the past seven years, our Cooperative Research Centre has been addressing food waste problems, building knowledge and capacity in industry and providing the evidence base for policy interventions and consumer behaviour change. Visit our website to find out more about our research action.   https://lnkd.in/gNxtekmF Francesca Goodman-Smith #foodwasteactionweek   WRAP   

Australian Food Pact Signatory Simplot Australia Pty Ltd since joining the Pact in 2022 has now HALVED their food waste - What an excellent achievement! To find out more about our Signatories collective impact across industry read our 2024 Impact Report: https://lnkd.in/gh8gZBFB

It’s Food Waste Action Week, and we’ve got more exciting news: Australians are taking real action against food waste. New research shows that since The Great Unwaste campaign began inspiring and supporting Australians to take on food waste, we are rethinking how we manage food at home. The average household used to waste 4.22 kg of food each week, twice what people thought! But now, 90% of us feel responsible for cutting food waste. This shift in mindset is cooking up real change with 78% of respondents now incorporating ‘leftover nights’ into their flexible meal planning. With the average household throw out $2,500 worth of food each year, these small changes can make a BIG impact! Read more out The Great Unwaste, developed by End Food Waste Australia https://lnkd.in/gBUbftxQ Read more about the research: https://lnkd.in/g8Ga6kJj Mandy Hall

Halving the amount of food waste sent to landfill? Now that’s food waste action.  It’s Food Waste Action Week and we are taking a moment to celebrate some of the achievements, the impact, the ‘good news’ on this issue. Since the launch of the #AustralianFoodPact, businesses who have committed to reducing food waste (known as Signatories) have made action a priority – measuring, targeting and reducing their food waste.      One of the highlights? They’ve more than halved the amount of food waste sent to landfill since 2022.   This has financial benefits too, as by avoiding landfill levies, Signatories have collectively saved an estimated $2 million in fees alone. Food waste action on a major scale isn't just good for the planet, it’s also just good business. Find out more about the action being taken across the food supply chain at https://lnkd.in/g49dWtCK Sam Oakden J.R. Simplot Company Sodexo Coles Group Goodman Fielder Mars McCain Foods Woolworths Supermarkets WRAP #foodwasteactionweek

The #australianfoodpact is in the running for the Banksia National Sustainability Awards, and we’d love your support. If you believe in reducing food waste and making a real impact on sustainability, please vote for us in the People's Choice Awards by tomorrow! Just a quick vote, and you’ll be helping amplify the work that’s already making a difference across Australia’s food system. Visit https://glo.link/ogd0qkln to vote (we're in the Business Services and Solutions Award category)

It's Food Waste Action Week, and we are taking the time to celebrate all the action that is being made against food waste - from paddock to plate. To kick us off, we're chatting with Mandy Hall about how The Great Unwaste campaign is empowering Australian households to reduce food waste at home. The Great Unwaste campaign is based on research from the End Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre, which identified 7 simple behaviors Australians can adopt at home, along with recipes and creative ideas to make reducing food waste easy and fun. Head over to The Great Unwaste to discover more easy tips & tricks to reduce your food waste! – thegreatunwaste.com.au WRAP #FWAW #FoodWasteActionWeek #TheGreatUnwaste #EndFoodWaste

Thank you Andrew McLachlan CSC. We appreciate the support - and clear passion - for our continued efforts fighting food waste in Australia.

Congratulations to Mandy Hall, Campaign Director of The Great Unwaste, our behaviour change campaign, who received The Advertiser 2025 Woman of the Year, Hospitality Hero award at SkyCity Adelaide last night.   The award recognises Mandy’s efforts in the industry and commitment to making a difference that reshapes perceptions and drives action toward a sustainable future through food waste reduction.   Mandy’s expertise to deliver impactful outcomes is reflected in her work on The Great Unwaste, inspiring Australian households to implement simple and effective changes that can significantly reduce food waste.   Investing in the fight to end food waste is critical for our nation and it is with continued awareness that we can create change from farm to plate.   Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow, this award is a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge Mandy and the talented and hard-working women in food waste and food systems. Their collective expertise elevates the industry to play a vital role in the work to reduce food waste.   Purpose always needs a seat at the table. #thegreatunwaste #turnfoodwastearound #endfoodwasteaustralia

Did you know that 83% of Australia’s supermarket sector, including ALDI Stores Australia, Coles Group, Metcash, and Woolworths Supermarkets are on board with the Australian Food Pact? They’re already taking big steps to reduce food waste and show sustainability leadership in the industry.   Today, we’re proud to launch our 'Guide to Food Waste Reduction for Australian Retailers'. This guide shares best-practice initiatives to help retailers reduce food waste across the supply chain, within their operations, and by supporting their customers at home. It also provides practical steps to design a tailored food waste reduction roadmap. Having worked closely with retailers since our inception, the #australianfoodpact is here to support all retailers - big and small - because reducing food waste isn’t just good for people and the planet, it’s good for business too. Download it here: https://lnkd.in/gNY4ai5f Sam Oakden Darci Buckerfield

Swinburne University of Technology, together with the End Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre and Sampano, have been working on a project to help reduce waste in the aquaculture industry. By turning fish by-products into collagen, this project shows how circular design can open up new, eco-friendly solutions for industry. Read more - https://lnkd.in/g5NDyxZF