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Food Waste Recycling

Food Waste Recycling. Stiele Hagens & Ai Ikemi. Background. What IS and IS NOT accepted. Food Waste Recycling - Key Messages. Put your food waste to good use – from Spring 2019, please put food waste in your food and green waste bin.

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Food Waste Recycling

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  1. Food Waste Recycling Stiele Hagens & Ai Ikemi

  2. Background

  3. What IS and IS NOT accepted

  4. Food Waste Recycling - Key Messages • Put your food waste to good use – from Spring 2019, please put food waste in your food and green waste bin. • Use the ‘food waste fridge magnet’ in your kitchen as a reminder of what can go in the food and green waste bin. • Use a container to collect your food waste in the kitchen before placing in the food and green waste bin. • Plastic bags and food waste don’t mix, put food waste straight into the green waste bin.

  5. Supporting messages • Your food and green waste is being put to good use (www.backtoearth.vic.gov.au) • Remember to always reduce and reuse as your first options. Check out Food Know How for tips on how to reduce food waste (www.foodknowhow.org.au) • The food and green waste bin will help complement your home composting. Discounted compost items are now available (www.compostrevolution.com.au/darebin) • Share waste website(www.sharewaste.com)

  6. Information pack (direct communication) Magnet Letter Brochure Posted to all residents with an existing green waste bin service (~35,000 households)

  7. Social media and digital content Social media posts Dedicated website page E-newsletter Videos – how to use your food and green bin to recycle food Internal communications

  8. Encouraging Home CompostingUse of product Ideas and feedback (10 minutes) Sharewaste or other compost drop off point experiences? Use of product on your community garden? Overcoming barriers to home composting?

  9. Engagement and Monitoring • Pop-up information sessions and displays (e.g. Preston Market) • Cross-promotional event engagement • Individual group talks (Conversation cafes, community centres). • Champions to promote the campaign materials • Translated factsheets with images • Advocating to housing representatives

  10. Monitoring • Bin inspections and use of bin tags as friendly reminders • Online survey, feedback at events and requests

  11. EngagementBest strategies/areas/people for spreading the word? (10 minutes) Food waste avoidance Community garden projects? Existing networks External newsletters/Social Media

  12. How can you help us spread the message? • Attend the launch event – screening of Just East It (3 October, Preston Shire Hall) • Share on your social media channels when we launch • Spread the word to your networks! • Keep in contact and Give us feedback

  13. QUESTIONS?stiele.hagens@darebin.vic.gov.auai.ikemi@darebin.vic.gov.auQUESTIONS?stiele.hagens@darebin.vic.gov.auai.ikemi@darebin.vic.gov.au

  14. Terminology

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