Supermarkets and food retailers in Burnie actively contribute to Tasmania’s food-rescue network, helping to achieve zero food waste to landfill. Through national and local partnerships with OzHarvest, Foodbank Tasmania, Second Bite and FareShare, surplus edible food is redistributed to community organisations and people in need rather than sent to landfill.
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OzHarvest Tasmania collects quality surplus food from Woolworths, Coles, and local IGA stores across the North-West, distributing it to charities and community programs in Burnie, Devonport, and Ulverstone.
ozharvest.org
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Foodbank Tasmania operates the Retail Recovery Program, partnering with Coles, Woolworths, and IGA to recover food directly from stores. It supplies food relief to Burnie-based organisations such as the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul, and Burnie Community House, Hilltop Central Co-op.
foodbank.org.au/tas