SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION
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Question
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The amount of food wasted or lost in the world adds up to nearly 1.3 tons of food.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The global volume of food wastage is estimated at 1.6 billion tonnes of “primary product equivalents.” Total food wastage for the edible part of this amounts to 1.3 billion tonnes. Food wastage’s carbon footprint is estimated at 3.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent of GHG released into the atmosphere per year.
Detailed explanation-2: -A staggering one-third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted.
Detailed explanation-3: -How much food waste is there in the United States? Each year, 119 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. That equates to 130 billion meals and more than $408 billion in food thrown away each year. Shockingly, nearly 40% of all food in America is wasted.
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