War on Waste: Aug 1

This week on War on Waste, Craig Reucassel takes to the streets to confront everyday Aussies about the astonishing amount of food we throw away.

To demonstrate the size of the problem he sets up a fifty-metre-long table loaded with 500 kilograms of food. How many families would it take to generate this amount of food waste?

Craig also catches up with design students at the University of NSW. They’ve been set a challenge to re-design some of our most commonly used products, to see if they can be made easier to recycle. From the ubiquitous soy sauce plastic fish to bread bags and stickers on fruit – will any of the students’ clever new designs make their way to the supermarket shelves?

Science communicator Lee Constable joins Craig to demonstrate the environmental impacts of food waste and Craig shares some expert tips on how to reduce it in the home.

Craig revisits our farmers to find out whether supermarket cosmetic standards are still leading to fruit and vegetables being wasted.

8:30pm Tuesday on ABC.