From 1 July 2026 businesses must separate food waste from general waste. Get your business ready.
Under new laws, from 1 July 2026 businesses or institutions that sell or handle food, like supermarkets, cafes, schools and hotels, must separate food waste from general waste.
Your business can save costs on waste disposal to landfill, improve business operations, reduce your carbon footprint and divert food waste for beneficial reuse.
Separating food waste from general waste is good for business.
We all sit on Awabakal and Worimi land.
‘Niirun Yalawa Awabakal dha Worimi burrai’.
City of Newcastle acknowledges its Local Government Area sits within the Country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We acknowledge that Country for Aboriginal peoples is an interconnected set of ancient relationships.
We acknowledge the custodianship of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples and the care and stewardship they have performed in this place since time immemorial.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
‘Wunyibu wunyibu warra wunyibu wunyibu kuumba Guuri burrai’.
