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FOOD WASTE 

UPDATE :  The   new Food and Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection is now available to everyone. The FOGO bin (lime green lid) taking garden clippings food scraps including meat and bones all goes to a central composting facility to create compost for farms and gardens.  What-can-I-put-in-each-bin

Australian waste about 30 % of the food they  buy, so its still important to reduce food waste See ideas and links below.  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 

In your FOGO bin,(lime green lid) make sure you are putting in only items that are allowed to avoid contamination. What-can-I-put-in-each-bin

Learn about  Composting  and  worm farms 

Share Waste- find someone with a compost near you.  
 
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Donate Excess Produce  to the

Food is Free Cupboard  Tecoma Uniting Church-  Fresh Produce packaged goods and bread. Give and take what's needed. On the Verandah.

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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  packaged food 24/7  Thurs 10-1pm bread. A good selection of fresh produce on a Saturday 10-1pm.

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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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