Waste in the US
What percentage of food is wasted in the US alone on a yearly basis?
What is 40% (will accept 35-45%)
In how many states does FRN have chapters?
What is 46.
What does "SPAM" stand for?
What is "spiced ham".
In the US, we throw away ___ plastic bottles every minute.
What is 700 (500-900 accepted).
The average jar of peanut butter may contain ___ or. more rodent hairs.
What is 4 or more!!!
What cash value amount of food is wasted annually in the US?
What is $408 billion dollars!
Who won the "collected the most food" award at the first annual UBFRN foodies this year?
Who is Bri Robinson :)
Calorie for Calorie, this vegetable contains more protein than steak!
What is Broccoli.
This common material takes nearly 1 million years to decompose in a landfill.
What is glass.
What food is wasted the most?
What is bread.
According to the USDA, extending lunch periods by ___ minutes reduced food waste by one third.
What is 20 minutes (20-30 accepted).
In what year was FRN established?
What is 2012.
What was the first food planted in space?
What is a potato!
On average, an infant will go through ___ disposable diapers by the time they are potty-trained.
What is 8,000 (6-10 thousand accepted).
What country wastes the most food worldwide?
What is China (92 million tonnes!)
___% of fruits and vegetables produced in the US go to waste.
What is 52% (45-55 accepted).
How many thousands of pounds of food has UBFRN recovered to date?
What is 6 thousand pounds!!!
What is the singular name for a piece of spaghetti?
What is "spaghetto".
This new take on waste prevention includes storing plastic waste in used bottles to create solid plastic "bricks", reducing the amount of plastic waste sitting in landfills.
What is "eco-bricking".
This country is the worlds leading producer of bananas.
What is India.
What percentage of landfill waste is made up of food?
What is 21% (15-25 accepted).
What pin do you get for recovering 1000 lbs of food?
What is the pasta pin!
What was the most popular flavor jellybean in the early 2000s?
What is buttered popcorn!
Packaging represents about ___% of household trash.
What is 65%.
This condiment was first sold a medicine to cure diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice.
What is ketchup.