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Food Waste

Do you know how much food we actually waste in Australia alone? Watch the video below for some eye opening insights.

Learn how to avoid "avoidable" food waste

Visit 'Food Know How'
Visit 'Love Food, Hate Waste'
Just like "reduce, reuse, recycle" for packaging, food waste is best avoided in the first place.

Compost forms the "recycle" component of the three Rs.

To reduce food waste:
  • Plan meals
  • Buy only what you need - shop smarter
  • Learn how to pickle or preserve your excess food
To reuse food waste:
  • Learn great recipes to cook with leftovers
  • Plan ahead and take your leftovers to school/work for lunch
To recycle food waste:
  • Learn the difference between avoidable and unavoidable food waste, and eliminate avoidable waste via reduce and reuse.
  • Get to know your food waste, and decide on the compost system (or combination of systems) that best suits your food recycling (compost) needs. 
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Member Councils

Glen Eira council logo
City of Greater Dandenong logo
Hume Compost Community
Knox Compost Community
Manningham Compost Community
Maribyrnong Compost Community
City of Monash
Merri-bek compost rebates
Mornington Peninsula Shire

Chooktopia logo - Sustainability starts with soil


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​Compost Community is a program by Chooktopia in partnership with local councils.
Phone 03 97766559 or 0418 879 667 10am-5pm Mon-Fri; SMS other times 
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1195 Westernport Hwy Langwarrin 3910 by appointment. 

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  • Home
    • Join
  • Order
    • Glen Eira
    • Greater Dandenong
    • Hume
    • Knox
    • Manningham
    • Maribyrnong
    • Monash
    • Merri-bek
    • Mornington Peninsula
    • Everywhere else >
      • Rest of Victoria
      • Rest of Australia
    • Accessories
    • Spare parts
  • Learn
    • Food Waste
    • Choosing a compost system
    • Worm farming >
      • Guide to Worm Farming
      • Fun facts
      • Surviving Heat Waves
    • Composting >
      • Introduction to Composting
      • Feeding your compost
      • Compost Maintenance
      • Harvesting and using Compost
      • Troubleshooting Compost Problems
      • Composting FAQs
    • Bokashi
    • Chooks
    • Pet poo
    • Troubleshooting
  • Toolbox
    • FAQs
    • Community >
      • Compost hotspots
      • Chat
      • Sharewaste
      • Community gardens
      • Baseline data
    • Downloads >
      • Kids' activities
    • Videos
    • Blog
    • Back to Earth
  • About us
    • How it works
    • Terms and Policies
    • Our Products >
      • Our Worm Farms >
        • Subpod Care
      • Our Bokashi bins
      • Our Compost bins >
        • Tumblers
        • Compost bins
      • Our Accessories
    • Councils
    • Contact us
  • Events