Educating communities to reduce food waste - a free workshop

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Introduction

The Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) is holding a series of free food waste reduction workshops.

These valuable workshops will be useful for people working in local councils, businesses in the food supply chain and non-profit organisations interested in delivering a food waste reduction program.

Registrations have now closed.

Did you know?

NSW households waste $2.5 billion worth of edible food per year
Wasting food wastes energy, water and natural resources
$1,000 of food is wasted per household in NSW
$231 million worth of drinks are wasted in NSW per year.

Attend a free workshop to:

build your skills in planning and delivering an education program to reduce food waste
learn about the latest research and resources available to engage your community in reducing food waste
find out about funding available to implement a food waste reduction and awareness raising program in your community
hear about existing projects that are helping to reduce food waste.

Where and when

Region	Date	Time	Venue
Parramatta CLOSED	Tuesday 15 November	9:30am – 2:30pm	Office of Environment and Heritage - Fitzwilliam St
Dubbo CLOSED	Thursday 17 November	9:30am – 2:30pm	Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Grafton CLOSED	Tuesday 22 November	10:00am – 2:45pm	Grafton Community and Function Centre
Berry CLOSED	Thursday 24 November	9:30am – 2:30pm	Silos Estate
Wagga CLOSED	Tuesday 29 November	9:30am – 2:30pm	The Lawson
Sydney CLOSED	Thursday 1 December	9:30am – 2:30pm	The Y
Maitland CLOSED	Tuesday 6 December	9:30am – 2:30pm	Maitland Town Hall

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

How to register

Registration has now closed.

Please contact Elizabeth Craggs by phone on (02) 8837 6000, or email info@lovefoodhatewaste.nsw.gov.au for more information.

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Note: The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet. This change took effect 4 April 2011.