Food Waste

If food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after USA and China.

• True

• False

What is not a commonly wasted food?

• Bread

• Milk

• Bananas

• Frozen Food

How many people rely on food relief each month, in Australia?

• 40,000

• 650,000

• 10,000

• 500,000

What greenhouse gas is produced by food waste rotting in landfill?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• Oxygen

What percentage of food worldwide is never eaten?

• 8%

• 12%

• 30%

• 25%

How many people could be fed by that amount of wasted food globally each year?

• 1 billion

• 2 billion

• 100 million

• 500 million

What else is wasted when we produce food that no one eats?

• Water

• Fuel

• Animal habitats

• All of the above

Wasting food wastes ________ of fresh water, globally every year.

• 21%

• 10%

• 8%

• 5%

How much does food waste cost the Australian economy each year?

• $14 Billion

• $6 Billion

• $20 Billion

• $10 Billion

Australians waste one out of every five _______?

• Pieces of fruit

• Bags of groceries

• Slices of bread

• Cartons of milk