Food
By: Alexandra Fix
Series: Reduce, reuse, recycle; Young explorer; Reduce, reuse, recycle; Young explorer
Publisher: Heinemann Library; Raintree Paperbacks
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780431907543; 9780431907628
Subjects: Food industry and trade; Recycling; Recycling (Waste); Waste minimization; Organic wastes; Refuse and refuse disposal; Waste disposal; Juvenile literature
Description: This title looks at how food is wasted and what happens when this waste occurs. It also considers how we can all reduce the amount of waste food we produce and how leftovers can be 'reused' and food 'recycled' in compost heaps, for example.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is food waste?; title: Why do we need food?; title: Where does food come from?; title: How does food get to our homes?; title: How can we buy food more wisely?; title: Will we always have food?; title: What happens when we waste food?; title: How can we reduce food waste?; title: How can we recycle food waste?; title: How can you take action?; title: Make a compost heap.