SITUATION OF AUSTRALIA'S FOOD WASTE PROBLEM

2006-20072008-20092009-20102010-20112013-20142014-20152015-20162016-20172017-20182018-2019020406080100120140160180200220YearFood waste per capita (kg/year)Overall Food Waste Per Capita in AustraliaRecyclingEnergy recoveryDisposal236230220210201191186191181174

2006-20072008-20092009-20102010-20112013-20142014-20152015-20162016,20172017-20182018-2019051015202530354045YearFood waste per capita (kg/year)Energy Recovery Food Waste Per Capita in Australia

Here is the chart for the total amount of food waste in Australia from 2006 to 2019. The stacked bar chart and the subsequent bar charts are separated into 3 separate categories, showing where the average Australian's food waste ends up:

The reason that this is displayed in a bar chart is because we felt it would be inappropriate to display this in a line chart. This is becasue there are missing years, which would make the line graph distorted, giving the wrong information that the segmentation between each year is equal.

There are missing years between:

Food waste per capita (kg/year)Amount of food waste per capita in Australian states, 2019 (kg/year)

Here is the chart about the amount of food garbage per capita in all states and territories of Australia in the 2018-2019 time range.

Each state and territory is marked by a single colour, showing the states with the most and least food waste per capita, being graded on a scale. The darker the red, the more food waste per capita.

This was originally going to be displayed using multiple pie charts, but but this wouldn't help with the comparison of states with each other. Thats why we decided to use a choropleth to do this.

Global average of household food wasteFood waste per capita (kg/year)Household Food Waste Per Capita per CountryCountriesAustraliaAustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceItalyJapanNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPolandSwedenUKUSA020406080100120

Here is the comparison of household food waste between Australia and several other developed countries in 2019. This overall allows for comparison between Australia and other countries.

Same as the second choropleth, each country is marked by a variant of a blue, which showcases the countries with the most amount of household food waste in a darker colour. On the other hand, the countries with the least amount of household food waste is shown in a lighter colour.