Analogies

Food waste in American schools is to 530,000 tons as jumbo jets are to:

• 1,000

• 1,200

• 1,500

• 2,000

The relationship between food waste and methane production is similar to the relationship between:

• Cars and fuel consumption

• Factories and air pollution

• Trees and oxygen production

• Plastic and ocean pollution

The EPA's goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 is to environmental impact as a recycling program is to:

• Increased landfill use

• Reduced waste accumulation

• Higher energy consumption

• More plastic production

The water used to produce wasted food is to 21 trillion gallons as New York City's annual water supply is to:

• 100 times

• 150 times

• 200 times

• 250 times

Food waste in schools costing $1.2 billion annually is to educational programs as unused electricity in a factory is to:

• Production efficiency

• Higher costs

• More pollution

• Increased output

Share tables in schools are to reducing food waste as compost bins are to:

• Increasing waste

• Recycling organic matter

• Producing methane

• Wasting resources

Food waste in American households is to 32 billion pounds as pounds.

The environmental impact of food waste is to greenhouse gas emissions as deforestation is to

The cost of food waste to an American family is to $1,500 annually as the cost to schools is to billion annually.

Digital tracking systems in schools are to reducing food waste as weather forecasts are to