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Dec 05 , 2018Views : 25273
Australia’s National Food Waste Strategy: Halving Australia’s Food Waste by 2030
Food waste is a global challenge that has environmental, economic and social impacts. It costs the Australian economy about $20 billion a year (The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Minister of Environment and Energy).
In 2016, the Australian government committed to convene a food waste summit and develop a national food waste strategy to halve food waste of the country by 2030.
The summit, therefore, was held in November 2017. The National Food Waste Strategy provides a framework to support collective action towards halving Australia’s food waste by 2030.
The strategy contributes toward global action on reducing food waste by aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 12 – ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns – in the United Nations Transforming our world: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It also helps give effect to Australia’s obligations under the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change in helping reduce greenhouses gas emissions, primarily through the diversion of food waste from landfill.
The Strategy identifies four priority areas where improvements can be made – policy support, business improvements, market development, and behaviour change.
Resource :
https://www.environment.gov.au/protection/waste-resource-recovery/publications/national-food-waste-strategy
