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    About food waste

    In NSW, more than a third of the waste we send to landfill is food.  That adds up to about $10 billion worth of good food that’s being thrown away every year by NSW households.
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    Food Smart

    Food Smart is a free online program to help NSW households reduce food waste. 
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    Partnership Program

    Working with partners to deliver food waste avoidance behaviours in NSW
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Why we need to reduce food waste

Family cooking dinner together

Our Food Smart Program helps NSW household save on their grocery bills and reduce food waste.

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Staff in a cafe

Our Your Business is Food Program helps businesses reduce their food waste by 21%.

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LFHW Partnership Program delivering food waste avoidance in the home

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Why it matters

Make a better world

Save money

Reduce food waste in NSW

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