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food waste
/ˈfuːd weɪst/FOOD WASTE
Band 6-7task2
food that is thrown away or wasted instead of being eaten
Examples
“Reducing food waste is a priority for many cities.”
“She composts vegetable peelings to avoid producing food waste.”
“Supermarkets are trying to tackle food waste by donating surplus items.”
Band 8 sentence
“Implementing community composting schemes and clearer sell-by labelling can significantly reduce urban food waste.”
Collocations
- reduce food waste
- tackle food waste
Word family
waste noun / verbfoodless adjective
Common mistakes
We must stop waste food.→We must stop food waste.
There are many food wastes in the city.→There is a lot of food waste in the city.
Say it for a higher band
5throw away food→6throw food away→7+food waste
Synonyms
food loss
Easily confused
food scraps
“She put the food scraps into the compost bin.”
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