WorksheetsOz Harvest - Food Waste Trivia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
TRUE OR FALSE? 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?
Bananas
Frozen vegetables
Milk
Bread
How many people rely on food relief each month in Australia?
150,000 people
500,000 people
650,000 people
2 million people
What greenhouse gas is produced by food waste rotting in landfill?
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrous oxide
Methane
Chloroflurocarbons
What percentage of food worldwide is never eaten?
10%
30%
60%
90%
How many people could be fed if 25% of our food wasn't wasted?
1 million people
100 million people
870 million people
2 million people
What else is wasted when we produce food that no one eats?
Water
Love
Fuel
All of the above
Wasting food wastes _____ of fresh water globally every year?
25%
8%
45%
33%
How much does food waste cost the Australian economy each year?
90 million
10 billion
20 billion
50 billion
Australians waste one out of every five...
Bags of groceries
Pieces of fruit
Packets of spaghetti
Cartons of milk
