In the UK, the government-funded recycling programme WRAP has signed up hotels and restaurants for a campaign to reduce food waste, including the Accor Group, Jury’s Inn, Red Carnation and Travelodge hotel groups. Their aim is to reduce waste by 5% by 2017, which would save estimated 720 million tons a year.
People in rich regions, such as in Europe and North America, consume roughly 900 kg of food every year, and per capita waste is around 115 kg a year, compared to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, where they only throw away up to 11 kg a year, according to the FAO.
1. In the first two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.
A. at least one-third of all food produced is wasted annually in the USA
B. global food waste is a growing problem that is to deal with without delay
C. we waste more than 1.3 trillion tons of food every year
D. nearly half of 300 million tons of food wasted is still fit for consumption
2. According to the passage, the campaign Think. Eat. Save is ________.
A. established by the UNEP in 2017
B. to change the way the food is consumed
C. set up by the UNEP and FAO
D. to change the way we think of food
3. The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to ________.
A. the hotel measure
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