Many of us are guilty of throwing out food when it starts looking a little sad or forgetting to use items before their use-by dates. Currently over 50% of waste in Moreland that goes to landfill is food organics, and when it breaks down in landfill it produces the harmful greenhouse gas methane, which contributes to climate change.
The 3 most common foods that end up in garbage bins, according to Oz Harvest, are:
1) Bread
2) Bagged Salad
3) Bananas
We love food and hate waste in Moreland, so we've compiled some recipe ideas to help you use your bread, bananas and bagged lettuce leftovers- the top three foods that most often go to waste in Australia.
Break bread
If you have a loaf of bread that's going stale there are many ways in which you can use it up, avoiding the bin.
As we head into the cooler months enjoy a sumptuous bread and butter pudding, which uses up to half a loaf of bread.
Bread crumbs are a great way to use stale bread. Blitz a couple of slices together with rosemary, or a herb from your garden, to create these arancini balls.
