Webinar - Organics & FOGO
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Amanda Kane, Circular Economy Programs, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Organics 2020 and where to from here
NSW nine-year $105.5 million investment in organics under Waste Less Recycle More is coming to close in 2021. It has helped to deliver organics collection services to almost 70% of NSW households, 50 councils planning or delivering FOGO and built or expanded 30 organics processing facilities, increasing capacity by 500,000 tonnes a year.
It has enabled the food relief sector to rescue 11,500 tonnes more surplus food a year and engaged households and business in reducing food waste through education.
So, where to from here? How has this investment positioned NSW to deliver on targets to halve food waste and achieve net zero emissions by 2030 and what needs to happen now to get there? Amanda will answer these questions during this webinar.
Charlie Emery, General Manager, SOILCO
The impact of "certified compostable products" on food waste diversion and recycling facility outputs
Certified compostable bags and packaging is designed to assist with diversion of food waste from landfill. Businesses and communities are implementing food waste collection programs and questioning recycling facility operators such as SOILCO if they will accept compostable packaging to boost participation and diversion. Is this a potential feedstock?
Charlie will discuss the impact of certified compostable products on food waste diversion and recycling facility outputs during this webinar and answer your questions.
Rob Gregory, General Manager, East Waste
Food COMA (Changing Our Mindset & Attitudes)
In October/November of 2019, East Waste and Rawtec undertook the largest and most comprehensive kerbside bin audit ever undertaken in SA. The audit went beyond previous audits to provide more detailed data on contamination, food waste and CDS container disposal habits.
More than 2100 bins from 700 households were included in the audit. Material was collected, separated into approximately 100 categories, and weighed and counted. Rob will share a snapshot of the results, the improvement opportunities to the kerbside system highlighted by the results, and how the audit findings will inform future East Waste programs.
Moderator
Virginia Brunton, Principal Consultant - Organics, MRA Consulting Group
Virginia has over 25 years’ experience in environmental education, research and development for the agricultural and the wider community of NSW. Her expertise is across a wide range of natural resource management areas primarily soil, water and land health. Her recent work is focused on developing new markets for recycled organics. She also manages the Halve Waste initiative for Albury city, an extensive community engagement and education program designed to waste reduction behaviour change across six council areas.