Aged Care Program
Find out how easy it is to cut food waste costs in your aged care facility using our practical toolkit.
The NSW Government is requiring large food-wasting businesses to source separate food waste for recycling from 2025.
It is part of a commitment to achieve net zero emissions from organics waste in landfill and halve food waste sent to landfill by 2030.
Food waste occurs throughout the purchasing, storage, preparation, and serving phases of an aged care facility’s food production cycle.
Did you know:
- 11.2 % of the sector’s waste destined for landfill is food
- on average 3.5kg of food is wasted per resident each week
- food waste costs the average aged care facility $1,000 per week.
To help reduce food waste across the age care sector we have developed the Your Business is Food Aged Care Toolkit. This free online kit provides clear guidance to managers on how to collect food waste data, design realistic solutions and empower staff to make effective changes.
The eight-week online program will guide participants step by step on how to tackle food waste with useful tips and videos
Participants will measure their food waste at the start and end of the program to identify hotspots and develop an evidence-based action plan. This program aims to support aged care facilities to reduce operational costs while saving our environment.
For more information, email us at [email protected]
Watch: find out how Anglican Care reduced its food waste and used the learnings from their review to change its food service processes to provide a better experience for both residents and staff.