The Hills Reduce Reuse Recycle Directory
FOOD WASTE
Australian waste about 30 % of the food they buy and Food scraps can amount to 35 % of the average householders landfill waste . Thats a lot. Food scraps that go into landfill create methane - Green house gas contributing to climate change. Food scraps can be turned into a wonderful resource compost for the garden.. If you aren't able to have a compost bin, have a worm farm or find someone who does using Share Waste . Share waste pairs people with food scraps to people with, compost or chooks. Excess produce , if you are a veggie gardener or just have a lemon tree or maybe you have a business, excess produce can be donated locally to share with others or head off to a Food Swap meet.
Reduce - Food waste.
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Look at what you have before shopping
Plan meals and use a shopping list.
Store food in air tight containers
Eat or freeze leftovers,
To learn more get ideas and resources see
Oz Harvest Fight Food Waste
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Love Food Hate Waste
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Recycle - Food scraps
Learn about Composting and worm farms
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Share Waste- find someone with a compost near you.
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Unwrapped Pantry Belgrave South - accept fruit and veggie scraps for compost
Roots to Purpose collect carbon inputs (dry brown items such as leaves, wood, cardboard, sawdust, etc. - things that otherwise would end up in landfill) and nitrogen inputs (green waste, manures, grass clippings, food scraps, used coffee grinds, etc. - more from businesses nieghbours friends in the ferntreegully and the Dandenong Ranges. to turn into compost .
Donate Excess Produce to the
Food is Free Cupboard Tecoma - Fresh Produce packaged goods and bread. Give and take what's needed.
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Kallista General Store - Fresh Produce, give to raise funds for Cfa taken by donation
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Monbulk Care Network OP shop _ Give Fresh Produce packaged goods and bread to be given to those in need or sold to raise funds.
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Emerald Community House Food is Free Cupboard give and take mainly packaged food, fresh food in sealed containers please. on the verandah.
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Food is Free Cupboard Fernlea Shop of Opportunies, 15 Kilvington dve Emerald
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The Mustard Tree OpShop and Cafe Lilydale for sale or for the community Foodbank.
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Also see Grow Free Carts, home grown, home made organic produce for free. give and take what you need.
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Selby Minak Rd, Selby VIC 3159
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Emerald Cart at The Community House
120 Emerald-Monbulk Road
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Gembrook Cart outside Aust Post .
72 Main street Gembrook
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Monbulk 7 Carcoola rd ( top of the rd)
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Montrose Swansea Road Clinic, 3 Swansea Road
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Olinda 18 Olinda Cres, with community verge garden with pantry, worm farm, coffee grounds. and mulch.
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Selby Neighbourhood House, Minak Road via Charles Street
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Upwey 32 Birdwood Avenue
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Upper Ferntree Gully Coonara Community House 22 Willow rd UFG.
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OR put it out on you local BUY NOTHING GROUP