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Will you eat everything in your lunch box today? If not, will you save it for another time or just throw it away?
A recent study 1 (find) that 17% of all the food 2 (produce) around the world gets wasted each year, 3 reaches about 931 million tons. Believe it 4 not, 61% of the waste happens in our houses!
Food waste in homes 5 (happen) in rich countries like the US and the UK as well as in poor countries for different reasons.
Cultural habits could also lead to waste at home, 6 (include) massive packaging and “buy one, get one free” deals. ‘Use by’ or ‘best by’ dates 7 products could also cause people to throw away food. People could throw out food because they think it is 8 (safe) to eat, when in fact the date only shows when quality might go down.
Food was 9 (much) valued even in richer countries just a few generations ago, because people often couldn’t afford to waste it. 10 (throw) away food is for sure a great waste and we should try to make people know the importance of saving food.