Recycling · Home and routines
food waste
discarded food
Food that is thrown away instead of being eaten or used.
This vs that
We need to reduce food waste.
We need to take the rubbish out.
Hear it in real life
Why are you freezing those leftovers?
I don't want to waste more food.
We have cut down on food waste by planning our meals.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
The native collocation is the usual concise way to discuss discarded food.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We should reduce food wastages at home.
Say: We should reduce food waste at home.
Use 'food waste' as an uncountable collocation.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
food waste; reduce/cut down on food waste
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about recycling.
put it in the recycling
Rinse the bottle and put it in the recycling.
Recycling words
Home and routines · Recycling: the words around “food waste”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
We need to cut down on food waste.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
food waste
discarded food
“We have cut down on food waste by planning our meals.”
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