Garden waste and food scraps from Victorian households will be put to good use in Victoria’s farms, parks and gardens, thanks to a $3.6 million investment from Sustainability Victoria to support new ways to use recycled organic products.
Victoria produces about one quarter of Australia’s food waste. Each year, food waste costs Victorians an estimated $6 billion in product value and disposal, 29 billion litres of water, and generates 3.15 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Victoria’s recycled organics industry is experiencing rapid growth. Kerbside reforms, including the roll out of the 4-bin waste and recycling system and the improved recovery of commercial and industrial food and green waste, are increasing the supply of recycled organic products.
Over the next decade, Victoria will cut waste generation by 15% and halve food and organic waste going to landfill under the Victorian Government’s $380 million Recycling Victoria action plan to transform the state’s recycling sector.
