Take the Six-week Food Waste Challenge
Food waste doesn't just have significant environmental impacts. It also has economic impacts. Take on the Six-week Food Waste Challenge to help reduce food waste, while saving time and money.
About the challenge
Our Six-week Food Waste Challenge aims to help you understand more about food waste in your household and how you can make simple, positive changes to reduce the amount of food you throw away.
Join for one week or more, or participate in the full challenge. You can jump into the challenge at any stage. Every step you take towards reducing your food waste will benefit your wallet and our environment. According to the National Food
Waste Strategy, your household could save between $2200-3800 per year by reducing household food waste.
When you get to the end of the six-week challenge, there will be a bonus week, where you can:
- learn to reduce food waste to landfill by composting, or
- save money by planting your own herb garden.
Food waste defined
The first thing you need to know is that there are two types of food waste:
- avoidable food waste - food that was supposed to be eaten but wasn't (e.g. sandwich crusts, leftovers, food that's gone out of date)
- unavoidable food waste - food that could not be eaten (e.g. used tea bags, vegetable peelings, meat bones).
The Six-week Food Waste Challenge focuses on reducing the amount of avoidable food waste your household throws away.
Start the Six-week Food Waste Challenge
It's time to transform yourself from a food waster to a food warrior in just six weeks. The challenge starts now!
| Week | Challenge |
|---|---|
| One | Understanding food waste in your household |
| Two | Buy nothing new |
| Three | Planning ahead and shopping mindfully |
| Four | Smart food storage |
| Five | How to cook with care to make a difference |
| Six | Learning to love your leftovers |
| Seven | Bonus week: start composting and growing your own herbs |
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