KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Australian households waste 2.5 million tonnes of food each year, or more than 4kg per household per week. Organic material makes up about 50% of a what is in the average household wheelie bin.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Over 30% of food is lost or wasted each year. This number is even more striking, given the large number of hungry people in the world. Wasted food is not only inefficient, it’s a social justice issue. Global food waste has an enormous environmental impact, too.

Detailed explanation-4: -This extrapolates to a total of 3 million whole fruit pieces, 1.3 million packaged food items and 3.5 million whole sandwiches discarded each year in schools across the state.