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Latest facts and information on food waste in Australia :: from Do Something's FoodWise web site
http://foodwise.com.au/did-you-know/fast-facts.a...
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1. Household bins contain over 5kgs of food waste Studies in metropolitan Sydney showed that the average household bin contains 11kg of garbage, with 5.8 kgs of that compostable waste. 95% of this compostable matter was food waste.
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3. Australian households bin $616 of food per annum Research by The Australia Institute shows that Australians throw away about $5.2 billion worth of food every year. This includes $1.1 billion of fruit and vegetables. The Institute estimates that the average Australian household throws away $616 worth of food per annum.
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When food rots in landfill, it gives off a greenhouse gas called methane. This methane is 25 times more potent a greenhouse gas than the carbon pollution that comes out of your car exhaust.
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6. Greenhouse gases are released throughout food production When you throw out food, what you see in the bin is not the only waste. You're also throwing away the massive amount of resources it took to get that food all the way from the 'paddock to your plate.' That includes all elements of production, processing, storage, refrigeration, transportation and cooking.
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7. Food produces 11.4 million tonnes of emissions a year Using 'paddock to plate' calculations, WRAP in the UK estimate that one ton of food waste generates 3.8 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions. Using the same figures, food waste in Australia is responsible for 11.4 million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions every year.
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8. A kilo of beef waste costs 50,000 litres of water Wasting food also wastes the water that went into its production. According to CSIRO data, dumping a kilo of beef wastes the 50,000 litres of water it took to produce that meat. Throwing out a kilo of white rice will waste 1,550 litres.
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9. Supermarkets waste significant quantities of food Tens of millions of kilograms of safe edible fresh food and groceries are discarded every year. This is due to changed labelling regulations, end of season excess stock, production line changeover items, out-dated packaging, discontinued product, as well as slight label or weight inaccuracies.
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