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Did you know Australian households throw away the equivalent of 7.7 million meals every single day? But together, we can turn food waste around.

Georges River Council has joined The Great Unwaste led by the national not-for-profit End Food Waste Australia (EFWA). This nationwide movement rallies all Australians who want to waste less food at home and help households across Australia have a positive impact on the planet, our people, and our pockets.

Join on online community

Whether your just getting started on your Unwaste journey or already a food waste warrior we want to hear from you!

We have created an online ideas wall to share tips, recipes, and personal stories that inspire others in our community to be resourceful and waste-aware.

Whether you've discovered a clever storage hack, perfected a leftover recipe, or found creative ways to use every part of your ingredients, your experiences can help others on their unwasting journey.

What can you share

Food-Saving Tips: Share your best strategies for keeping food fresh longer, organising your fridge, meal planning on a budget, or shopping smarter. Maybe you've mastered the art of flexible meal planning or found the perfect way to store herbs and vegetables.

Recipes and Meal Ideas: Inspire others with your favorite recipes that make the most of leftovers, use up ingredients before they go bad, or transform "odds and ends" into delicious meals. Leftover nights can be some of the most creative and satisfying meals when you know how to reinvent what's already in your fridge.

Personal Stories: Tell us about your own unwasting journey. Have you noticed savings on your grocery bills? Discovered new favourite meals from experimenting with leftovers? Reduced the amount of food going into your bin? Your story could motivate others to take their first steps toward wasting less.

How to contribute

To share your food-saving tip, recipe, or story on our Community Ideas Wall, join the conversation above or use the following link: Online Community Wall | Your Say Georges River

Your contributions will help build a valuable resource for our entire community, showing that small actions, shared together, add up to real change.

Where can I learn more?

Did you know Australian households throw away the equivalent of 7.7 million meals every single day? But together, we can turn food waste around.

Georges River Council has joined The Great Unwaste led by the national not-for-profit End Food Waste Australia (EFWA). This nationwide movement rallies all Australians who want to waste less food at home and help households across Australia have a positive impact on the planet, our people, and our pockets.

Join on online community

Whether your just getting started on your Unwaste journey or already a food waste warrior we want to hear from you!

We have created an online ideas wall to share tips, recipes, and personal stories that inspire others in our community to be resourceful and waste-aware.

Whether you've discovered a clever storage hack, perfected a leftover recipe, or found creative ways to use every part of your ingredients, your experiences can help others on their unwasting journey.

What can you share

Food-Saving Tips: Share your best strategies for keeping food fresh longer, organising your fridge, meal planning on a budget, or shopping smarter. Maybe you've mastered the art of flexible meal planning or found the perfect way to store herbs and vegetables.

Recipes and Meal Ideas: Inspire others with your favorite recipes that make the most of leftovers, use up ingredients before they go bad, or transform "odds and ends" into delicious meals. Leftover nights can be some of the most creative and satisfying meals when you know how to reinvent what's already in your fridge.

Personal Stories: Tell us about your own unwasting journey. Have you noticed savings on your grocery bills? Discovered new favourite meals from experimenting with leftovers? Reduced the amount of food going into your bin? Your story could motivate others to take their first steps toward wasting less.

How to contribute

To share your food-saving tip, recipe, or story on our Community Ideas Wall, join the conversation above or use the following link: Online Community Wall | Your Say Georges River

Your contributions will help build a valuable resource for our entire community, showing that small actions, shared together, add up to real change.

Where can I learn more?

Questions

Have questions about food waste and how to avoid it? Ask them here and where possible, we will share our answers with the whole community!  



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    When will Georges River Council roll out FOGO (Food Organics & Garden Organics) bins?

    3 months ago

    Georges River Council is committed to meeting the NSW EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) mandate for all councils to provide Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) services by 2030. Council will keep the community updated as plans progress. 

    At this stage, Council does not plan to roll out FOGO in the next 2–3 years due to existing waste management contracts and the current limited availability of processing facilities across NSW. It’s important that councils stagger their implementation to ensure there is sufficient market capacity to process FOGO material. 

    More information the NSW EPA's FOGO mandate webpage. You may wish to contact the NSW Government and seek an update from them on what actions are being taken to expand market capacity to support Council's to meet the FOGO madate. 

    We will continue to focus on waste avoidance, reduction and recovery initiatives as part of Council's Waste Management Strategy 2021-2040, including but not limited to:

    • The Great Unwaste campaign and workshops to help households reduce and avoid food waste. The average Australian household is wasting between $2,000 and $2,500 worth of food per year. 
    • Support for at-home composting and worm farming including workshops and discounts provided to residents through Compost Revolution. Learn more here: Composting and Worm Farming.
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