Ross Vasta (Bonner, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

People in any electorate of Bonner are passionate about the environment and living by the mantra: reduce, reuse, recycle. I would like to take this opportunity to commend some of the local business community for getting behind the push to establish a community garden and food waste recycling space in Wynnum. Kathryn Shepherd of the Coffee Club in Wynnum and David Bateson of Wynnum Business are leading the initiative to convert Wynnum Central Park into a community garden and relocate an unused hot-composting machine to the site. We want to see local food outlets contribute to food waste recycling and help reduce the amount of waste going into landfill. Such a community space would also be great for educating young people about sustainable living and position Wynnum at the forefront of reduce-reuse-recycle initiatives. I'm very much looking forward to supporting this project, and I call on the Brisbane City Council and the state government to also get behind it. I know through government grants and support from local businesses we can get this exciting project off the ground. The more that we can do as a community to reduce our food waste and encourage sustainable living, the better our local environment will be.