Question 1

What are the Affordable Onkaparinga Community Forums?

Accepted Answer

These six-monthly forums enable people to discuss affordable living, borne from a desire or need to live a sustainable, low impact life. The focus is on highlighting community strengths, choices, and resourcefulness; and sharing knowledge, resources, and ways to better work together.

Question 2

What is The Great Unwaste campaign?

Accepted Answer

The Great Unwaste provides a suite of practical tips to make it easier for individuals to reduce food waste and enhance food security in our city. By educating community on effective household food management, we can decrease consumption and waste, and increase diversion of food from landfill.

Question 3

What does the City of Onkaparinga have planned to support community with The Great Unwaste?

Accepted Answer

Keep an eye out for information on workshops and engagements, as well as social media posts about joining the 6 week challenge to receive weekly prompts from The Great Unwaste. You'll not only learn strategies to save money and reduce your food waste, you'll also become part of a circular economy.

Question 4

How much food is being wasted in Australia?

Accepted Answer

According to the latest National Waste and Resource Recovery Report, Australians generated about 14.6 million tonnes of organic waste in the 2022-23 financial year. Of that, about half (7.6 million tonnes) is food and garden organics. That's approximately 250kg per person per year!

Question 5

What is the impact of food waste on the environment?

Accepted Answer

Food waste is responsible for 10% of all global greenhouse gases across the entire food supply chain. The vast majority of food waste does not come from wholesalers, supermarkets, or restaurants - it comes from households. So every individual has a chance to really make a difference!

Question 6

What is the economical cost of food waste?

Accepted Answer

Food waste is costing the Australian economy approximately $36.6 billion each year. The impact on the hip pocket of the average household is $2,500 per year being spent on food that doesn’t make it to the kitchen table.

Affordable Onkaparinga Food Waste Forum