Food throwing away v456

Food throwing away v456

Food throwing away

Introduction

In this first section we look at some facts.
There are 9 billion people on the planet and by 2050 that number will have risen to 11 billion. On the one hand, this begs the question; how can our planet feed everyone?
On the other hand, we all know we throw food away.
So, what can be done to solve this problem?

This first section contains 5 steps. Work them through step by step.

Step

Activity

 

 

Introduction

Find out what you already know.

Step 1

Speaking

Describe the pictures. Read a text about throwing away food. What is your reaction to the information?

Step 2

Reading

Answer questions about food waste. Read a text and do the exercise.

Step 3

 

Words

Match words with the definition. Complete sentences with the words.

Step 4

Grammar

About the passive, tenses and modal verbs. Rewrite sentences in passive form.

Step 5

Task

Write a letter of enquiry. You like to be a volunteer at The Harvest company.

 

Evaluation

Reflecting on what you have learned.

 

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Step 1 - Speaking

Look at these images. Read the captions.
What do these pictures show? Describe them.

1. Harvesting                                               2. Battery farm                              3. Corn piles



Read the text. Choose the correct word.

Speaking

What is your reaction to this information?
How surprised are you? Why/Why not?
Why is throwing food away socially unacceptable?
Do you witness a lot of food waste around you (school, home)?
What will you do from now to reduce food waste?

Discuss with a classmate.

Step 2 - Reading

You are going to read an article about food waste. Answer these questions.
Write the answers in your notebook.

  1. Did you eat everything on your plate last night?
  2. How often do you throw food away?
  3. Why do you throw food away? Choose all that apply:
  • It doesn’t look good to eat.
  • It’s passed or near the sell-by-date.
  • I often have too much food on plate.
  • I change my mind about what I want to eat.
  • Other reason (say what it is)
  1. Why might it not be OK to throw food away?
  2. How careful are the people in your house about food waste? Why is that?

Read the article and answer the questions below.

Waste and recycling advisory body says 4.4m tonnes of household food waste thrown away in 2015 could have been eaten
By Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent

UK households binned £13bn worth of food in 2015 that could have been eaten, according to new figures which suggest that progress in reducing the national food waste mountain has stalled. Despite concerted efforts to reduce food waste through the entire supply chain, a new national update from the waste and recycling advisory body Wrap revealed that an estimated 7.3m tonnes of household food waste was thrown away in 2015 – up from 7m tonnes in 2012.
Of the food thrown away, 4.4m tonnes were deemed to be “avoidable” waste that was edible at some point before it was put in the bin or food waste caddy – such as bread that goes mouldy – compared with 4.2m tonnes in 2012. The rest were scraps that could not be eaten such as meat bones, eggshells, tea bags, coffee grounds, apple cores and fruit and vegetable peelings.
That meant the average UK household wasted £470 worth of food, which went in the bin when it could have been eaten. The avoidable food waste generated 19m tonnes of greenhouse gases over its lifetime – and preventing that pollution would be equivalent to taking one in four cars off UK roads, Wrap said.
It pointed to progress made since it started assembling detailed records and analysis nine years ago, but said that falls in food prices and rising incomes since 2014 had reduced the incentive for people to cut their food waste, halting a previous downward trend.

Between 2007 and 2012, the total amount of household food waste fell by 15%, and avoidable food waste dropped by 21%, thanks to rising food prices and changes to labelling to simplify use by date advice – alongside campaigning to raise awareness. But the latest figures show the food industry has failed to meet a commitment to cut household food waste by 5% between 2012 and 2015.
“Citizens are wasting 1m tonnes less food per year, which means over 8m tonnes less food waste than when we started tackling this issue in 2007,” said Wrap’s chief executive, Marcus Gover. “But it is incredibly challenging to reduce food waste, and the stalling of progress shows just how difficult it is. “That’s why I’m calling on all businesses, organizations, campaigners and NGOs who work in this area to unite together in the fight against food waste. By working together we can win this battle.” A regional breakdown shows significant progress in Wales – possibly due to a devolved administration and greater availability of council-run food waste collections – with a reduction in household food waste of 12% per person since 2009.
Trewin Restorick, founder and chief executive of the environmental charity Hubbub – which is helping deliver a major food waste project for Sainsbury’s in Derbyshire – said: “Seeing food waste grow again is massively disappointing and should be a wake-up call for efforts to be redoubled. Defra* needs to copy the leadership being shown in Wales and Scotland.” Sainsbury’s is nearing the end of a year-long experiment involving an entire town – Swadlincote in Derbyshire – where it regularly checks householders’ bins while trialling new technology such as smart fridges and food-sharing apps to help reduce waste. Environment minister Therese Coffey said: “Good progress has been made by industry to tackle food and packaging waste in the supply chain. But we all have a role to play and despite a million-tonne fall in domestic food waste since 2007, there is clearly more we need to do.”

*Department for environment, food and rural affairs

Answer these questions with your partner.

  • What conclusions can be drawn from this text?
  • Do you think that supermarkets should be involved in food waste? Why?
  • How would you feel if you lived in Swadlincote? Why?

Step 3 - Words

Match the words with their definitions.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word from Exercise 1.

Step 4 - Grammar

Let’s look at... Passives. We use the passive form when we want to underline or focus on the action rather than the person of thing that caused the action. The subject of the passive verb is the object of the active verb.

ACTIVE:

  Action Object
The family threw away the household waste.



PASSIVE:

  Subject Passive verb
  Household waste was thrown away.


We use the passive when:

  • We don’t know who/what the agent is/was. It was thrown away. (who threw it away? We don’t know).
  • It’s clear who/what the agent is (already stated and we don’t want to repeat). The waiter cleared the table and the leftovers were thrown away. (by the waiter)
  • It’s not important. The food could have been eaten.
  • It refers to people generally. More information about food waste can be found (by you) at www….
  • It doesn’t want/need to be known. The machine has been broken (by me).

Present/past:
The family throws away/threw away nearly £500 worth of food.
Nearly £500 worth of food is /was thrown away.

Present/past continuous:
The family is/was reducing food waste.
Food waste is/was being reduced.

Present/past perfect:
The family has/had bought a food waste reducing app.
A food waste reducing app has/had been bought.

Present, future and past modals:
People may reduce food waste.
Food may be reduced.

Researchers will be creating new super crops.
New super crops will be being created.

Scientists might have solved the world’s food problems.
The world’s food problems might have been solved.

Study more theory in the Grammar Desks.

Harvest is Australia's leading food rescue charity.
Read about the company and use the verbs in brackets to complete the correct form of the passive.

Step 5 - Task

You read about a similar company in your country called The Harvest.
You decide that you would like to volunteer, by collecting and distributing food.
So you decide to write a letter of enquiry.
You would like to know:

  • What jobs they have available during your summer holidays.
  • Where they are located.
  • Approximate number of hours per week.

Introduce yourself and indicate why you would like to  work with The Harvest. Ask your questions and indicate that you are including a CV. Don’t forget to say that you would be available for an interview!

Read Writing tips to find out more about writing a letter of enquiry.
You write your letter in about 120 words.

Possible answer

Evaluation

Fill in this schedule and answer the questions below.

(Copy to Word or write down in your notebook)

Activity

 

Needs
Improvement

Satisfactory,
good

Excellent

 

Step 1 - Speaking

I can understand the text about throwing away food and can choose the correct word. I can react to the information.

 

 

 

Step 2 - Reading

I can understand the text about food waste and do the exercises. I can draw conclusions from the text. 

 

 

 

Step 3 - Words

I can use and understand the words.

 

 

 

Step 4 - Grammar

I can read and understand the theory about when you use the passive.

 

 

 

I understand and can use the grammar 'tenses', 'modal verbs' and 'Grammar Desks'.

 

 

 

I can rewrite sentences in passive form.

 

 

 

Step 5 - Task

I can write a letter of enquiry. 

 

 

  

 

What have you learnt in this period?
Answer the following questions:

  • What was the easiest part of this lesson?
  • What was the most difficult part?
  • What did you already know?
  • What was new to you in this lesson?
  • What do you have to ask your teacher?

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    Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor vwo, leerjaar 4, 5 en 6. Dit is thema 'Food issues'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Food throwing away. Deze les gaat over het weggooien van voedsel, voedselverspilling en hoe dit mogelijk is te verminderen. De grammaticaopdracht gaat over passive, tenses and modal verbs.
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