Australian food waste

🇦🇺 Australia wastes 7.6 million tonnes of food each year, 70% of this is perfectly edible.

Food waste costs our economy $36.6 billion a year.

Majority of food waste in Australia comes from our homes (2.5 million tonnes).

Food waste costs households $2,000 - $2,500 per year.

More than 25 million hectares of land is wasted to grow food that is not eaten.

The top five most wasted foods in Australia are vegetables, bread, fruit, bagged salad, and leftovers.

Over 2 million households in Australia went hungry in the last 12 months due to lack of funds, sometimes skipping meals or going whole days without eating.

Demand for food relief is higher than ever. The charities OzHarvest support reported a 61% increase in demand in the last 6 months. 32% of these charities cannot meet the current demand and reported that 30% of the people they support are seeking food relief for the first time.

54% of food insecure households have someone in paid work. The rising cost of living is the most common explanation for why people are failing to meet their household food requirements.

1.3 million children lived in food insecure households in the last year.

On a typical day, 306,000 households are receiving assistance from food relief organisations.

By Ozharvest


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