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Food Waste

Food Waste. Love Food. Food is essential for us to live, but is also (mostly) enjoyable. What’s your favourite?. Hate Waste. So why do we throw away so much of it? So how much does the average Scottish household throw away a year? a . £110 b. £260 c . £470 d. £1,010.

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Food Waste

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  1. Food Waste

  2. Love Food • Food is essential for us to live, but is also (mostly) enjoyable. What’s your favourite?

  3. Hate Waste • So why do we throw away so much of it? So how much does the average Scottish household throw away a year? • a. £110 b. £260 • c. £470 d. £1,010

  4. Approximately how much of the food consumed in the UK is grown here? • 5% b. 20% c. 50% d. 100%

  5. For example … Pizza flour from the USA 5,400 miles pineapple from Kenya 4,500 miles olives from Greece 1,500 miles mozzarella cheese and tomatoes from Italy black pepper from India 1000 miles 5000 miles

  6. Why worry about wasting food? • Hydrogen b. Oxygen • c. Methane d. Ammonia • One kilogram of beef uses 15,500 litres to be produced • Each sheet of A4 paper uses 10 litres of water to be produced

  7. What percentage of the UK’s climate change emissions are produced by the food industry? • a. 5% b. 20% • c. 50% d. 100%

  8. What can we do to help reduce our food waste? • Planning • Dates • Storage • Portion sizes • Leftovers

  9. What would you make for tea? • Leftover cooked pasta from last night • Remains of cream in a pot • 2 tomatoes • A few florets of broccoli at the back of the fridge • A banana that’s going black

  10. What about the food that is not edible? • Composting; • Fruit & Veg peelings/cores • Tea bags & coffee grounds • Food waste collections (where available); • Meat and fish bones • One kilogram of rice uses 3500 litres to be produced.

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