Reducing food waste by transforming the way school lunchboxes are filled.
4
kg of food saved
21
missions completed

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Complete as many missions as you like to maximise the food saved and the Genus impact points you earn!

For Schools

As well as the Make Wasty Tasty missions, we also have classroom resources for primary school years 3-6, providing educators with engaging lessons on food waste and sustainability!
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Earn Impact Points

As well as helping reduce food waste in schools, you'll also earn Genus impact points, which will help you level up through the Genus awards.

The Feed

Food Waste At Home

2,460,000
tonnes
of food is wasted in Australian households every year ¹
That equates to an average of 245 kg of food waste per household.
Research² has shown that when kids help prepare their school lunches and play a role in deciding what goes in, less food is wasted. So the more we can get them involved, the more food we can save from heading to our landfills.
¹ Estimate based on 9.8m households in Australia (ABS 2021) and NFWS Feasibility Study Dashboard (FIAL 2021)
² https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35149403/
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