Food Waste Quiz

What percent of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted?

• 1/4

• 1/5

• 1/3

• 1/2

Answer explanation

1/3 of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted.

Food loss or waste amount to an annual financial loss of?

• $750 Billion

• $ 500 Billion

• $1 Trillion

• $350 Billion

Answer explanation

ONE Trillion Dollars!!!

Food wasted in the developed world goes into landfills that produce greenhouse gases. In fact, food loss and waste accounts for _______ of these greenhouse gases per year. If it were a country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gases after the US and China.

• 5 Billion Tons

• 2 Billion Tons

• 3 Billion Tons

• 7 Billion Tons

Food loss and waste is related to Sustainable Development Goal

• 3

• 8

• 12

• 9

Food that is lost or wasted counts for _____% of total energy usage in the global food system

• 25%

• 34%

• 40%

• 48%

According to the Food and Agricultural organization of the UN, the amount of food lost or wasted could feed ________ people per year.

• 875 Million

• 1.5 Billion

• 1 Billion

• 1.25 Billion

In the US _____ percentage of discarded food ends up in land fills.

• 95%

• 100%

• 75%

• 85%

What percent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced if we stop wasting food?

• 3-5%

• 14-16%

• 10-12%

• 6-8%

What percent of all freshwater we consume goes to produce food we never eat?

• 20%

• 40%

• 30%

• 25%

Food rotting in landfills releases methane gases _____ stronger than carbon dioxide.

• 48x

• 36x

• 32x

• 28x