A new season of online TV show, Sustaining Australia TV, turns its attention to explore the biggest issues in Australian food and grocery manufacturing.
Created by the Australian Food and Grocery Council and ASN Media, season four investigates: the environmental impact of food waste and the role of packaging in reducing that impact; the future of manufacturing; the role of regional businesses; building circular economies; and reducing emissions.
Among this year’s stories is the remarkable work of the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) on finding new ways to utilise food resources once regarded as waste, and the CRC’s latest research into the role of food packaging.
Fight Food Waste CRC CEO, Dr Stephen Lapidge, tells Sustaining Australia TV that while many consumers think food packaging is a bigger environmental issue than food waste, the opposite is true.
“If you reduce packaging too much then you will increase food waste and there’s a lot more environmental damage created by increasing food waste than creating the packaging,” Dr Lapidge says.
The episodes feature expert interviews and behind-the-scenes stories about Australia’s largest manufacturing industry.
Stories were filmed around the country, featuring interviews with leaders of some of the country’s best-known brands and most innovative businesses: Arnott’s, Caldermeade Farm, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Essity, Frucor Suntory, Sunrice, SPC, Tip Top, Americold, Dematic, Packserv, and APR Plastics. Experts from ANZ Bank’s Food, Beverage, and Agribusiness Insights team, and UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures also feature.
There are four episodes in Sustaining Australia TV.
Watch on the AFGC website or its YouTube page.
