Love Food Hate Waste
Brisbane City Council's Love Food Hate Waste program aims to reduce the volume of food waste going to Brisbane landfill each year.
Learn about food waste in Brisbane and simple changes you can make to save money and create a cleaner, greener city with less landfill.
Every action adds up
Love Food Hate Waste
Change the world one meal at a time. Get on board with the Love Food Hate Waste movement and keep food out of the bin.
Food waste facts
More than 26% of the average Brisbane rubbish bin is food waste. Check out our other food waste facts and why we waste food.
Smart food storage
Check out our smart storage tips to prevent food waste, including how to store ingredients found in most Brisbane households.
Start saving now
Reducing food waste is an easy way to save money. See how you can save up to $3800 a year!
Make the change
$1 here, $5 there. It all adds up. Making your change work harder for you starts in the kitchen.
Recycling food scraps
Some food waste is unavoidable. Learn about organic recycling methods and Council's Community Composting Hubs.
Join the challenge
Stop giving food the flick and join Laura Geitz on the Six-week Food Waste Challenge. You could save your family time and money!
Love your leftovers
Hear from Those Two Girls as they juggle the dilemma of their leftovers in the kitchen.
Video transcript
Video transcript
So many leftovers I am overwhelmed. This is sweet potato maybe I can put it in a cake batter. Broccolini and salsa in an omelette. I can freeze those for a smoothie.
Yeah but you can do all that and get creative by all means or, just eat it.
You can also view this video on Council's YouTube channel.
Grocery baggage
Did you know 1 in every 5 bags of food gets thrown in the bin. Hear from Those Two Girls.
Video transcript
Video transcript
What are you doing? 1 in every 5 bags of food gets thrown in the bin.
I'm not leaving that there.
Yeah did you meal plan?
No.
Did you write a shopping list?
No.
Then let's go.
Can't do it, it's got the Kombucha in it and I'll do better next week.
You can also view this video on Council's YouTube channel.