Food Waste - Tuning In

Fill in the blank for this definition of food waste:

Any edible food or (a)   food parts that are discarded instead of being used.

(decayed, rotten, spoiled, inedible)

What is food waste?
Create a definition of 'food waste' in your own words.

Select which of these is NOT an example of food waste.

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Write one example of a food waste in a school environment.

How many TONNES of edible food waste is thrown away by Australian households each year?

• 1 million

• 2 million

• 2.7 million

• 3.1 million

Write one example of food waste in a home environment?

Leftovers that went bad and were left uneaten is food waste that can be avoided.

• True
• False

Food waste is only made at home.

• True
• False

Select all of the impacts of food waste listed below.

• Damages the Earth's atmosphere.

• Billions of dollars lost to the economy.

• Wastes nearly a quarter of the worlds water used in farming.

• Helps households to save money