Why avoid food waste?

About half of what the average Australian household throws out is compostable organic material. Once in landfill, this releases methane, a harmful greenhouse gas 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. And it really adds up, emissions from landfill make up about 3% of Australia’s total greenhouse gases, as much as the entire airline industry!

Not only that, food waste mixes with heavy metals in landfill, becoming an acidic toxic sludge which pollutes our precious groundwater. While many modern landfills reduce these problems using methane gas flaring, waste to energy and ground water protection systems, there are also plenty that do not.

Regardless, these solutions are fixing a problem we can avoid just by composting our food waste at home!