FOOD HERO

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Across
  1. 2. To have a clean plate, no ________ items should be left behind on the plate.
  2. 5. Besides the effort required to collect and dispose of it, food waste ______________ recyclables and compromises recycling efforts.
  3. 6. A food hero is someone who does not _____ food.
  4. 8. A lot of edible food is discarded at the because people only want to buy fruits and vegetables without ________.
  5. 10. It may also encourage ___________ nuisance issues and vermin proliferation if not managed properly.
Down
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 4. Food ________ is a problem in many countries.
  4. 7. If we do not stop wasting food, one day, we might experience food ___________.
  5. 9. The rest of it is disposed of at the waste-to-energy (WTE) plants for ________________.