Food scraps next target to cut waste to landfill
Source: South Australia. Minister for Environment and Conservation. Media Release
"Removing food scraps from South Australian’s household waste bins is the next big opportunity to cut waste going to landfill and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Minister for Environment and Conservation Gail Gago is inviting South Australian councils to register interest in a 3-month pilot that will introduce the kerbside collection of food waste, which will be placed in a compostable bag in the garden organics bin. “This pilot will be welcomed by those councils who are keen to demonstrate their ongoing environmental leadership in recycling, and represents a major milestone in this State’s waste strategy,” says Minister Gago. “Diverting food waste from landfill is logically the next step in achieving the 2010 State Waste Strategy target of recycling 75% of material collected at our kerbsides."