The food and grocery manufacturing sector pays wages and salaries of $13.56 billion.
The industry’s workforce accounts for about 3 per cent of the population.
The food and grocery manufacturing industry consists of 30,104 businesses.
The industry provides around 24 million nutritious, affordable meals to Australians every day.
312,000 Australians are employed in the food, beverage and manufacturing industries, including half in rural and regional areas.
Australia’s $108 billion food and grocery manufacturing industry is the nation’s largest manufacturing sector.
Industry spends on average 0.5 per cent of turn-over on R&D – about $368 million a year.
AFGC is the leading national organisation representing Australia’s $108 billion food, drink and grocery manufacturing industry.Join AFGCThe industry employs more than 312000 people across Australia including half in rural and regional areas.
In partnership with Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability we’re rolling out away from home recycling systems to the following higher education institutions across Australia:
Tasmania: University of Tasmania
Victoria: University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Training (RMIT), Swinburne University, LaTrobe University, University of Ballarat, Victoria University, Chisholm TAFE, Holmesglen TAFE, Kangan Batman TAFE, Australian Catholic University and Gordon TAFE,
Western Australia: University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, Curtin University, West Coast Institute of Training and Polytechnic West TAFE.
Queensland:Queensland University of Technology, Bond University, James Cook University, University of the Sunshine Coast, Tropical North Queensland TAFE, Griffith University, Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE and University of Queensland.
New South Wales: Macquarie University, Charles Sturt University, North Coast Institute of TAFE, Western Sydney TAFE and University of Western Sydney.
Australian Capital Teritory: University of Canberra
See RMIT's short video below celebrating their new recycling scheme and asking the question - 'Recycle at RMIT? You sure cancan!'
See our case study on our project with the University of WA. It provides insight on how to effectively encourage good recycling behaviour amongst different target audiences, ie students, staff and visitors - University of WA Case Study 2009