Pure statistics
You have to know that
1. One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally. This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, worth approximately US$1 trillion.
2. All the food produced, but never eaten would be sufficient to feed two billion people. That’s more than twice the number of undernourished people across the globe.
3. If wasted food were a country, it would be the third-largest producer of carbon dioxide in the world, after the USA and China.
4. Consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa each year.
5. In developing countries, 40 per cent of losses occurs at post-harvest and processing levels. In industrialized countries, more than 40 per cent of losses happen at retail and consumer levels.
Source of data
Task 1
Watch the video and answer the two questions after it.
Task 2
Watch the video and then complete the answers to the questions.
Now fill in the gaps with the given words and phrases to complete the answers to the following questions:
- How does food waste affect our planet?
- Think of some ways that can help to reduce food waste.
Tips
- Mind grammar as it always helps when the meaning is not clear. E.g., after some words/verbs only gerund is used, etc.
- If you’re not sure about the option, skip it and choose the one that definitely suits the sentence.
Now take your time and do the exercise.
Task 3
Watch the video and choose the right answers to the questions.
Task 4
Watch the video about an app that helps choose the right quantity of food and reduce wasting.
Try it out!
A couple is trying to use the app. See what is going on and then do the task below.
Now do the exercises.
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