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Reduce your food waste

Discover ways to reduce your food waste at home.

Organic materials make up about half of what Queenslanders throw into their waste bin each week. When organic material goes to landfill and breaks down, it releases methane. This is a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.

Majority of food waste in Australia comes from our homes. It’s estimated that Australian households spend between $2000 and $2500 per year on food that is wasted.

Food waste is avoidable. You can fight food waste by changing a few habits.

Explore the options below to reduce your food waste at home and save money.

To join the Love Food Hate Waste library workshops, please register.

Meal planning

Meal planning

Planning what you’ll eat during the week will help you save money and reduce excess food waste.

  1. Check fridge, freezer and pantry to know what food you already have and what food you need.
  2. Make a weekly meal planner and create a shopping list. 
  3. When shopping, stick to your shopping list and stick to your budget. It’s great to make the most of sales, but if it’s not on your shopping list you probably don’t need it.

Tips

  • Have a snack before going shopping. If you are hungry, you are likely to buy more.
  • Serve up the right portions using our portion planner.
  • Use the free meal planner.

Food storage

Food storage

Correctly storing your food will keep help keep it fresh for longer. This will help to save money on your groceries and preserve food nutrients.

  1. Create a ‘use if up’ shelf for food that needs to be eaten. Make sure older food is at the front and visible.
  2. Freeze items you won’t eat in the next few days. You can add them to a future meal plan.
  3. Store food in well-sealed and labelled containers. Use the A to Z food storage guide.

Tips

Eat it up

Eat it up
  1. Once a week, make a meal that combines food that needs to be used up. Remember to keep old food on the ‘use it up’ shelf.
  2. Enjoy leftovers for lunches. The ‘Cook once, eat twice’ method is a great solution for time poor families.
  3. Freeze leftovers and enjoy them another time.

Tips

  • Find use it up recipes.
  • Tips to make your food go further.
  • Download Saveful to help you save food, money and time. This app will track your impact and see your savings grow.