Across
- 2. To have a clean plate, no ________ items should be left behind on the plate.
- 5. Besides the effort required to collect and dispose of it, food waste ______________ recyclables and compromises recycling efforts.
- 6. A food hero is someone who does not _____ food.
- 8. A lot of edible food is discarded at the because people only want to buy fruits and vegetables without ________.
- 10. It may also encourage ___________ nuisance issues and vermin proliferation if not managed properly.
Down
- 1. ______ waste accounts for about 10 per cent of the total waste generated in Singapore, but only 18 per cent of the food waste is recycled.
- 3. The amount of food waste generated in Singapore has ____________ by about 20 per cent over the past 10 years and is expected to increase with our growing population and economic activity.
- 4. Food ________ is a problem in many countries.
- 7. If we do not stop wasting food, one day, we might experience food ___________.
- 9. The rest of it is disposed of at the waste-to-energy (WTE) plants for ________________.
