It's too easy to think of food waste as somebody else's problem, but all food and garden waste that is sent to decompose in a landfill produces methane, which is an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Composting is a simple, effective way for all Australians to reduce their food and garden waste and minimise these harmful emissions. The National Food Waste Baseline project was Australia's first measurable study of food waste across the full food supply and consumption chain. Figures released in 2019 estimated that 7.3m tonnes of food were lost or wasted during the baseline year of 2016-2017. Of these 7.3 m tonnes, 3.2 m simply ended up in a landfill, with Australian households generating 34% of this waste.
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