Wholefoods Unwrapped Collective: 2023 Winner – Circular economy innovation
Wholefoods Unwrapped Collective is the Community Champion award winner in the Premier's Sustainability Awards 2023 – Circular economy innovation category. In the hospitality and food-service sectors, delivering produce creates a significant amount of waste in the form of packaging destined for landfill. Wholefoods Unwrapped minimises this waste by using durable and reusable containers from paddock to plate.
This circular economy solution inspires food providers and customers to think differently about the impact of waste generation on the environment by removing their dependence on energy-intensive and unnecessary packaging. Importantly, it also translates those thoughts into specific and measurable action.
Wholefoods Unwrapped reaches 2,400 customers, with 100-plus regular customers, 45 food manufacturers, and 50-plus primary producers. This solution diverts up to 15 tonnes of non-organic waste from landfill annually with reusable containers for food transportation, enabling customers and businesses to adopt sustainable practices.
