An Australia
without food waste.

Reducing food waste is good for people, the planet and industry profitability. Our vision is an Australia without food waste, starting with halving food waste by 2030.

We’re leading food waste action through four key pillars:

  • Research and development
  • Industry action
  • Behaviour change
  • Policy development

We have proudly delivered (as of 30 June 2023):

100+

organisations partnership

30

Australian Food Pact Signatories

10

Sector Action Plans commenced/ completed

34

completed research projects

54M

meals donated to food rescue charities

155

scientific publications

Our
Impact

Our research projects, are on track to deliver projected impact by 2033 (As of 30 June, 2023):

15 million tonnes of food waste reduced
%
$2 billion in industry profitability
%
300,000 tonnes of food rescued
%
5200 circular economy jobs
%
40 postgraduate future leaders
%
15,000 people trained
%
44 million tonnes of CO2-e saved
%
Household Behaviour Change

The Great Unwaste

Ready to make a real impact? The Great Unwaste is a nationwide initiative encouraging food waste reduction across Australia and helping households make the most out of every meal. As a collaboration between industry, government, not-for-profits and everyday Australians, it demonstrates how small changes can make a big difference. You can get involved by subscribing to our Stakeholder News, joining our partner hub or through a tailored partnership.

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Case Studies

From wine waste to high-value nutrient extracts

Australian vitamin and health supplement companies together spend approximately $1.1 billion a year importing internationally processed extracts for their vitamins and supplements. Through research, an engineering process was developed to produce grapeseed extract locally in Australia utilising the 350,000 tonnes of grape seeds and skins (grape marc) currently going to waste each year.

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Consumer perceptions of packaging’s role in reducing food waste

Food packaging is widely misunderstood to be a bigger environmental concern than food waste, but research has shown that we waste four times more food than food packaging. Effective design and use of food packaging can further play a critical role in protecting food, extending shelf life and helping us avoid food waste.

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Walk the Chain Workshop with Simplot Australia

Simplot Australia, founding Signatories to the Australian Food Pact and leaders in food waste action, share their insights and learnings following their site visits and Walk the Chain workshop with the Australian Food Pact team. Read more about how the Walk the Chain Workshop provided opportunities to better understand the causes of food waste in more detail and identify potential to keep more food at higher-value end destinations through prevention, transformation and donation.

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Top interventions for household food waste reduction

A four-year study including stakeholder engagement identified the evidence-based priorities to focus on including the most common food waste behaviours in Australian homes that resulted in confirmed food waste reduction.

“We know Australians don’t want to waste food and that they welcome more support on how to do this effectively. This research highlights the important role community-based interventions play in combatting household food waste and provides practical insights into the best approaches to do this,” say lead research Dr Gamithri Karunasena.

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How We Help

All
People

We partner with Australia’s four biggest food rescue charities – Foodbank, OzHarvest, SecondBite and FareShare to help end food waste and fight food insecurity.

Signatories of the Australian Food Pact have donated a total of 254 million meals to food rescue organisations since 2022 (1).

Food Rescue

The
Planet

By uncovering innovative technologies, delivering practical support and pushing for systemic change in government policies, we will reduce food waste and impact on the planet and climate change by:

  • Diverting food from landfill where it produces methane
  • Avoiding food waste and therefore the waste of energy, water and resources to grow, make, move and sell that food.
  • Minimising the impact on ecosystems required to produce more food.

Since 2022, Pact Signatories have saved an estimated 505,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions. That’s the equivalent of taking 210,000 cars off the road for a year (1).

Additionally, research projects funded by End Food Waste Australia are estimated to save 10 million tonnes of CO2 – equivalent emissions by 2033.

Industry
profitability

Through the Australian Food Pact, we offer expert support to create tailored food waste action plans and identify the most impactful food waste action for your business. Signatories of the Australian Food Pact have saved $57 million by reducing food waste by 16,000 tonnes n 2024 (1).

End Food Waste CRC research projects and initiatives are on track to generate $1.2 billion in industry profitability by 2033.

 

  1. End Food Waste Australia, 2025. Australian Food Pact Impact Report.
Explore

Sector Action Plans.

Browse our Sector Action Plans for the breakdown of specific food waste sectors, and how we are targeting them with customised strategies.

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Research with us.

We have a world leading Cooperative Research Centre. As global thought leaders, we are always looking for the next generation of future leaders.

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Discover the Australian Food Pact and how you can become part of the plan to end food waste and create a more sustainable future.

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