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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
James Norman

The fight against green ‘waste’: how a Victorian community came together to create garden gold

Two people holding paint buckets stand on grass with a dog between them in a park
Yimby Castlemaine volunteers Mikaela Beckley and Ian Foster collect food scrap buckets from neighbours. Photograph: Carmen Bunting Photography

There is a rising stink around rubbish removal in Australia. Councils around the country are looking for ways to divert more organic waste away from landfill.

Australians generate about 14.6m tonnes of organic waste each year – mostly garden clippings, food scraps and timber. About half of it is collected from households in kerbside bins.

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