Food waste circularity in australia: relevant actors and milestones per level between 2017–2024
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| Micro | Australian residents Small business owners Local communities | 2017 Foodbank Community Engagement 2018 Rise of Community Supported Agriculture and farm share programs (i.e. The orchards keeper) 2019 Community fridges (VIC, NSW) 2019 Rise of zero-waste initiatives (e.g. zero-waste Victoria) 2021 Emergence of food waste startups (e.g. Yume Food platform, Ripe Near me, ShareWaste) |
| Meso | NGOs (Foodbank Australia, End Food Waste Australia, Oz Harvest) Major supermarket chains (Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, IGA) Universities and Research Centers (CSIRO) Industry bodies (APCO) | 2017–19 Woolworths and Coles Food Waste Programs 2018 Australian Packaging Covenant Organization (APCO) 2025 National Packaging Targets 2018 Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (FFWCRC) 2019 Stop Food Waste Australia Initiative 2020 Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020 National Farmers' Federation Sustainability Roadmap 2021 The Australian Food Pact 2021 The voluntary commitment program 2021 National Circular Economy Roadmap 2023 End Food Waste Australia – merger and rebrand of FFWCRC and Save Food Australia |
| Macro | Australian Government, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment State Governments Local Councils | 2017 National Food Waste Strategy 2018 MEM8s – Meeting of Environment Ministers 2019 National Waste Policy Action Plan 2020 National waste report 2020 Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2021–2023: State-Level Circular Economy Strategies (NSW, VIC, SA) 2023 ACT Government's Circular Economy Strategy |
Note(s): References: ACNC (n.d.); APCO (2020), Australian Government (2017), Fight Food Waste CRC (2019), Australian Government DCCEEW (2018), Australian Government DCCEEW (2019), Australian Government DCCEEW (2020), Blue Environment Pty Ltd. (2020), CEBIC (2022), CSIRO Futures (2023), Commonwealth of Australia (2017), Cushman (2024), EndFoodWaste Australia (2023a), FIAL (2020b), National Farmers Federation NFF (2019), Berry (2023), Thompson Reuters Foundation (2019), Vidler et al. (2018), Wilkes (2019)