A new research project aims to understand household behaviours around food waste in order to reduce the amount of food sent to landfill. It will promote a circular economy where the nutrients from food waste go back into the compost industry, and ultimately save greenhouse gas emissions from damaging our Read more…
In late October and early November of 2019, East Waste, embarked on the largest and most comprehensive kerbside bin audit ever undertaken in SA. The audit included 2,143 bins from 700 households from East Waste’s seven Member Councils. The information from the audit will not only benefit East Waste’s services Read more…
A positive outcome of the panic buying and self-isolation associated with responding to Corona Virus is that we may think twice about how much food we are wasting. Our latest East Waste Councils bin audit showed: 30% of what we throw in the landfill bin is food 48% of food Read more…
Let’s avoid, reduce, re-use, recycle and compost this Christmas! With Christmas just around the corner, here’s some great ways you can avoid, reduce, re-use, recycle and compost waste, which can save you time and money too! Avoid Research for Gumtree in 2016 stated that we are wasting a staggering $620 million on Read more…