With Australian consumers throwing away around 3.1 million tonnes of edible food a year, and another 2.2 million tonnes disposed of by the commercial and industrial sector, along with a Federal Government
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Compostable packaging and data management solutions feature at waste expo
Food industry professionals had a chance to share ideas on data management solutions and sustainable packaging at the Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE).
The expo, held on the 29th and 30th of
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Machine turns tonnes of food scraps into wastewater in Melbourne
A machine installed by City of Melbourne has stopped more than 60 tonnes of garbage from going to landfill in the past year by turning food scraps into wastewater.
In the 12 months to June 2018, the Orca
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Sodexo Australia saves tonnes of food from going to waste
Sodexo Australia will divert tonnes of quality surplus food each year that might otherwise have gone to waste.
Sodexo will save more than 9920kg of surplus food, in a new partnership with online surplus
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App takes bite out of food waste
A smartphone app that links food businesses with charities to make donating excess food simple and easy has been developed by Edith Cowan University researchers.
The ReFood app, which was recently trialled
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AIP to run food waste half-day training course for Thailand
AIP is taking its new ‘Role of Packaging in Minimising Food Waste’ half-day training course to Thailand in June as a part of ProPak Asia 2018.
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New appointment and funding to drive national food waste strategy
Food Innovation Australia Ltd (FIAL) has announced the appointment of Genevieve Bateman as General Manager of Food Sustainability, a newly created position to support the implementation of Australia’s
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Fight Food Waste CRC established
A new Cooperative Research Centre, supported by a $30 million grant from the Turnbull Government’s CRC Program, has been established.
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The Role of Packaging in Minimising Food Waste – AIP training course
This course is ideally suited to packaging technologists, designers, engineers, marketers, production and procurement managers and for industries across the food supply chain.
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South Melbourne Market wins environmental award
The market’s work to recycle tonnes of food, vegetable and other waste, and other sustainable practices is cutting business costs and greenhouses gas emissions.
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New advocacy group addressing food waste in Australia
New advocacy group, the Australian Food Cold Chain Council, aims to address food wastage by showing food producers, logistics operators, supermarkets and consumers the cost of inaction.
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New SA technology to tackle agricultural waste
Technology developed in South Australia that will make it more affordable to convert agricultural waste into high value activated carbon could soon be on the market.
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Compass Group partners with OzHarvest to reduce food waste
Food services provider Compass Group Australia has joined forces with OzHarvest to cut down on food waste.
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Foodbank calls for Food Insecurity strategy
Hunger relief organisation Foodbank is also calling on the Federal Government to develop a National Food Insecurity Strategy, to ensure both food insecurity and food waste are addressed.
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Repackaging the impact of food waste
As consumer awareness of the magnitude of food waste grows, Sealed Air’s Ron Cotterman says the time for retailers to implement more effective preventive measures is now.
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Deakin Uni trial diverts food waste from landfill
Hundreds of tonnes of greenhouse gas-producing food waste could be saved from landfill each year thanks to an innovative new environmental system at Deakin University.
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Packaging as part of the food waste solution
We spoke to Karl Deily, President of Sealed Air Food Care to hear his views on how to best address the food waste problem.
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Food Collective addressing NZ food waste issue
With supermarkets across New Zealand rising to the food waste challenge, chefs and food service professionals are encouraged to join the Food Collective by donating surplus food, minimising food waste
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Turning environmental problems into profit
CST Wastewater Solutions will showcase successful waste-to-energy technologies at foodPro 2017 in Sydney from July 16-19.
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Organic waste to energy projects on show in Sydney
Visitors to Ozwater in Sydney last week had a chance to see CST Wastewater Solutions’ latest waste-to-energy technologies.
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