Valuing our food waste

South Australia’s Food Waste Strategy 2020-2025

South Australia’s Food Waste Strategy – Valuing our Food Waste is the state’s first comprehensive strategy for reducing and preventing food waste being sent to landfill.

It proposes actions to support households and businesses to reduce food waste sent to landfill and further opportunities for the organics recovery and processing sectors in South Australia.

Strategic actions to reduce and divert food waste are proposed across 3 program areas:

  • Prevention and diversion of household generated food waste
  • Commercial sector food waste generation and collection systems
  • Attracting and supporting investment and markets


Acknowled­gement of Country

Green Industries SA acknowledges and respects the Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. 

We acknowledge and respect their deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people have to Country.

We extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their nations in South Australia and across Australia.