Evidence from the Australian Waste Stats show that, Australia is ranked in the top 5 waste produces out of all the nations in the world. Every year the country produces 821,250 kilograms of rubbish. According to ABC, Australia throw away $8 billion dollars worth of good food. As a result Cool Australia has identified this waste into 5 different categories. Uneaten food ($630 million), leftovers ($876 million), unfinished drinks ($596 million), frozen food ($241 million) and all other forms of wasted food ($5.3 billion) Only 4% of this rubbish is recycled by Australia. Furthermore Australia has 13,000 pieces of plastic litter, floating on every square kilometre of ocean. Australia needs to add new infrastructure to help tackle rubbish. If the
