War on Waste series 1

In the four-part documentary series ‘War on Waste’, we’ll take a critical look at every aspect of the issue of household, retail and farming waste in Australia – and ask, what is it about our consumer culture that has led us to become among the most wasteful nations on Earth? We’ll ask why Australians are generating millions of tonnes more waste every year – in food, fashion, packaging, electronics and more. We’ll discover the truth about where various kinds of waste actually end up, and learn what we can do to reduce the staggering volumes we produce. And, with the amount of waste increasing in Australia by nearly 8% a year, we’ll also ask - what happens if we do nothing? Bolstered by an extensive social media campaign, can we, as a nation, force big businesses to waste less? Can we all do better?