Food and Garden Organic Waste Management in Australia: Co-Benefits for Regional Communities and Local Government

Landfilling organic waste generates greenhouse gases and contributes to climate change. While the management of has been identified by all tiers Australian government as paramount meeting net zero emissions targets, diversion domestic from landfill is primarily responsibility local government. This review academic grey literature considers developments in food organics garden collections Australia implications for regional communities. It reviews source-separated treatment administered governments identifies there a dearth information this area. Key knowledge gaps emerging study include: (1) There disconnect between various state governments’ policies, strategies, regulation action on mandating or supporting kerbside collections; (2) insufficient funding subsidy encourage councils implement collection systems, (3) community limited understanding cost environmental burden waste, subsequently no willingness pay systems. paper outlines how these issues contribute individual deferring systems offers recommendations that could enable achievement more ideal targets are relevant to, affordable for, their