Australia Releases A Strategic Plan To Stop Food Waste

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Stop Food Waste

• A Strategic Plan By Australia

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Introduction

• Every year, Australia produces around 7.3 million
  tonnes of food waste across the supply and
  consumption chain. This costs the Australian
  economy around 20-25 billion a year. The
  environmental cost is also said to be high, with
  food wastage in Australia accounting for
  approximately 5 of the national greenhouse gas
  emissions.

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• The number of Australians experiencing food
  insecurity increased to 28 in 2020 due to
  COVID-19 and were mainly younger people. Fruit
  and vegetables that do not meet specifications
  required by retailers are mostly thrown away,
  some of which are of high enough quality to feed
  vulnerable Australians. Thus to stop food waste
  methods had to be adopted. The wastage is also
  hurting those Australian farmers who have spent
  time and resources to produce crops.
• This is why strategic ways to avoid food waste in
  Australia are so important for sustaining life.
  Moreover, this will help the nation cope with
  upcoming food shortages in years.

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The Challenge

• Globally, approximately one billion tonnes of
  food produced for human consumption goes to waste
  each year. Australian food wastage statistics
  revealed that 20 billion is lost to the economy
  through food waste and about 2.2 million tonnes
  of food go to waste each year.
• Food waste occurs in primary production,
  processing and manufacturing, distribution,
  retail, households, and food service. These occur
  in instances such as product loss due to pests,
  spoilage due to inadequate temperature control,
  and confusion over use-by and best-before date
  labeling in households.

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• The Australian Government is investing over 10
  million to support research on reducing waste
  through organizations such as Cooperative
  Research Centers, Food and Agribusiness Growth
  Centre, and Agricultures Australia. These
  organizations support each other to develop
  higher-value products from converted or retrieved
  food waste.

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Battling The Challenge

• The Australian government has pledged to provide
  1.37 million in funding to support a variety of
  programs designed to halve food waste by 2030.
• About 1 million will be used to create an
  independent organization that will develop an
  implementation plan that recommends specific
  actions that can be undertaken to reduce
  Australian food waste. The government will also
  create a voluntary commitment program that
  focuses on commercial and industrial food waste.
• 370,000 in funding will go toward the
  establishment of a National Food Waste Baseline,
  which will be used to monitor waste levels and
  track the nations progress toward its 2030 goal.

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How Does
The Food Waste App Help?
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• The latest Australian food waste app developed
  sounds promising in its goals and goes with the
  government protocol as well.
• Developers of the app have incorporated
  artificial intelligence into their
  kitchen-management and grocery-list app, which is
  aimed at reducing domestic food waste.
• The latest release of the EatBy App automatically
  suggests how long fruit, vegetable and frozen
  items will stay fresh, then reminds consumers to
  use them before they go off.
• Not everyones kitchen is the same and different
  food-storage environments affect the shelf life.
  The app addresses this problem by learning as
  its used over time.

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• Domestic food waste is now a large contributor to
  the global food-waste problem. Supermarkets,
  which have been blamed for large quantities of
  unsold food being wasted, have made substantial
  changes that have reduced food waste in the
  supply chain. However, the problem of food waste
  at home is still huge.
• Users and media praised initial versions of the
  app, despite the user interface being described
  as clumpy. Subsequent versions have addressed
  this, incorporating a more intuitive and
  attractive interface.
• Artificial intelligence does not need to be
  scary, said the developers. In EatBys case,
  itll simply help make life better. Their
  technology is aimed at families, foodies, and
  people who love to cook.

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Conclusion

• Confronting social and economic issues of food
  waste requires a change in food waste resources,
  reduced supply chain losses, and engaging society
  to encourage behavior changes.
• Other ideas to promote a solution to food waste
  include tax incentives for food donations to
  increase food access for vulnerable Australians.
  Increasing efficiencies at the farmgate is an
  ongoing challenge and require meaningful action
  from the entire community.

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