Australia's two-day victory in the first Ashes Test at Perth has led to a record donation of surplus catering supplies to Western Australia's leading food rescue service.

More than 51,000 spectators had attended the opening day of the series, and according to The Guardian , 20 pallets of fruit and vegetables, four pallets of sandwiches and salads, two pallets of bread and four pallets of milk and dairy, totalling hundreds of kilos, were donated to OZHarvest after the match, making it the single biggest single donation ever received in Western Australia.

"Every effort has been made to maximise food recovery," Mike McKenna, Optus Stadium's chief executive, said. "Our chefs are busy turning about 450kg of sliced tomatoes into passata, some of the excess milk will become white sauce and

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