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Understanding

Food Waste
Pre-reading Questions:
1. What do you usually have for breakfast?

2. Why do you think it’s important not to


throw away food?

Hey there, food lovers! Did you know that millions


of tons of food are wasted each year?

Food waste is a global issue that affects countries all


around the world. It’s throwing away food that could
have been eaten.

When we waste food, we also waste resources such as


water, land and energy. Putting a lot of unnecessary
stress on our planet!

Thrown away food decomposes in landfills, and


makes greenhouse gas. These gases are harmful to the
atmosphere and add to climate change.

During holidays, like Christmas and Thanksgiving,


food waste tends to increase. Our eyes get bigger
than our stomachs.

People often buy more food than they need, and


have lots of leftovers that are eventually thrown
If you have food that
away. While food is being wasted, millions of
can't be eaten, why
people around the world suffer from hunger.
not compost it instead
Luckily, there are some ways we can reduce food of throwing it in the
waste! bin. Compost can be
used to feed plants
Planning your meals and making a shopping list can
and gardens.
help stop you from buying more food than you need.

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Understanding Food Waste

Questions
Vocabulary Questions

Match the words from the text with the correct definition.

1. a. To not have enough food.

2. b. Places where waste is buried underground.

3. c. Not needed.

4. d. A mix of rotting food (organic) waste.

5. e. Uneaten food.

Reading Questions

1. What is food waste?

2. Name one danger of food waste.

3. What does it mean when ‘our eyes get bigger than our stomachs’?

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4. What can people do to decrease food waste?

Writing Questions

1. Do you think more people should be taught about food waste? Why or why not?

2. Have you ever realised you wasted food? How did you feel?

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Answers
Vocabulary Questions

1. hunger

2. landfills

3. unnecessary

4. compost

5. leftover

Reading Questions

1. It’s throwing away food that could have been eaten.

2. Food waste creates greenhouse gases / Wastes resources.

3. To buy more food than you need / To put more food on your plate then you can eat.

4. Planning your meals / Make compost.

Writing Questions

Students’ own answers.

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