Each year, over seven million tonnes of food are wasted in Australia, costing the economy an estimated $20 billion. At the same time, more than one in five have experienced some form of food insecurity.
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Commercial opportunities for potato waste
Four of the largest potato producers in Australia want to convert 100 per cent of their potato waste into commercial benefit through their partnership with the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre
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Packaging cuts fresh green bean waste
The US foodservice industry is discovering the benefits of receiving fresh green bean supplies in lean, modified atmosphere bulk packaging (MAP) newly developed by sustainable packaging experts StePac.
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Packaging initiatives designed to reduce food waste
The scale of food waste globally is epic. It is a huge amount of waste. It is probably one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. Not only because of the food waste itself, but the resources
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Sustainable packaging extends the pomegranate season
Consumers can enjoy pomegranates for an extended season due to StePac., which has been pioneering advances in pomegranate packaging since 2003. The company introduces its latest range of sustainable packaging
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New way to get rid of excess food
Imagine a stack of pallets full of surplus food – 4.1 million tonnes worth. And imagine you could stack those pallets on top of each other one at a time. Now, imagine that once stacked, these pallets
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Australian’s annual food waste bill hits $10.1bn
Rabobank has released its 2019 Food Waste Report showing that Australians spent a total of $10.1 billion in 2019 on food that ended up in our bins rather than in our stomachs, up from $8.9 billion in
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State government gives $1 Million to Love Food, Hate Waste
In an Australian first, communities throughout NSW, including Sydney, the Central Coast, Mid-North Coast and North Coast, will take part in a program to reduce food waste in homes and businesses.
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Food waste warrior wins
Katy Barfield has been named a winner in the Business and Entrepreneur category at the AFR 100 Women of Influence Awards for being a serial innovator and Australia’s leading food waste warrior with
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The role that resealable packaging plays in minimising food waste
With Australia producing 7.3 million tonnes of food waste across the supply and consumption chain, and a Federal Government National Food Waste Strategy to halve food waste that goes to landfill by 2030,
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OzHarvest targets food waste on World Food Day
Today, on World Food Day, OzHarvest will show Aussies that tackling climate change, starts with your plate! The social media campaign #countmein aims to inspire individual
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Cleanaway and Coles team up over waste initiative
A Coles supermarket in Sydney’s west has become the first Australian supermarket to trial zero waste to landfill, as one of several initiatives to help Coles meet its commitment to become Australia’s
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Challenges abound for food waste solutions
As the world grapples with the waste crisis, a two-day hackathon event has brought together Business and Built Environment students and industry experts to brainstorm ways to combat the issue.
Jointly
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Frozen foods can help reduce waste
Over one billion tons of food is wasted every year. The Food and Agriculture Organization also estimates that in developing countries, up to 40 per cent of total food produced can be lost before it even
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Food date confusion and traceability
The leading cause of food waste is confusion over what the date labels on products actually mean. A national survey reported that 84 per cent of Americans waste food based on the date label.
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Incorporating circular economy not as easy as it seems
APCO is what is called a co-regulatory body, whose role it is to administer the Australian Packaging Covenant.
“The Australian Packaging Covenant is a regulatory framework that sits under the National
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Woolworths reaches major milestone in fight against food waste
In a bid to tackle the $20 billion food waste problem in Australia and its commitment to reduce food waste from going to landfill, Woolworths has announced that 100 per cent of its supermarkets now have
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AIP Members pack 2175kgs of potatoes and carrots for KiwHarvest
As a part of the Australian Institute of Packaging’s commitment to Fighting Food Waste two teams of Members headed to KiwiHarvest in Auckland, NZ over the last month to help pack 2175 kgs of potatoes
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Expertise key with new kitchen facility for the needy
Project delivery specialist Wiley doesn’t only share its knowledge when it comes to building functional, state-of-the-art food processing factories, it also uses its expertise to help with more altruistic
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Aussies throw away almost $9 billion in food annually
The Rabobank Food Waste Report found that Aussies have significantly reduced the food they waste year on year by $700 million! The research revealed a 7 per cent reduction from $9.6bn
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