Food waste is a daunting problem – but we each hold a key to the solution in our own home

‘Even with the best intentions, some food waste is unavoidable … I try to compost as much as I can at home.’ Composite: Guardian Australia

We’ve all been there – reaching into the fridge to find a forgotten cucumber shrivelled beyond recognition, or a half-eaten bag of baby spinach quietly collapsing into sludge.

Australian households throw out almost 2.5m tonnes of food every year – or the equivalent of 7.7m meals a day.