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Junior Cycle Home Economics: Sustainable food & food waste

How often Sustainable food & food waste comes up on the Home Economics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Sustainable food & food waste, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Sustainable food & food waste.

(a)What does the term food miles mean?
  1. The number of meals made from one shopping trip
  2. The distance food travels from farm to plate
  3. How far you walk to the shops each week
(b)Which is a benefit of buying Irish fruit and vegetables when they are in season?
  1. They are available all year round
  2. They are always organic and chemical-free
  3. They are fresher and often cheaper
(c)What is a good way to use up stale bread?
  1. Make breadcrumbs or bread and butter pudding
  2. Store it in the fridge to soften it again
  3. Put it straight into the recycling bin
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(a) The distance food travels from farm to plate

(b) They are fresher and often cheaper

(c) Make breadcrumbs or bread and butter pudding

Your turn: Common Level questions on Sustainable food & food waste.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025A4
2024B11a
2023Not asked
2022A10, B11b

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Sustainable food & food waste questions

Sustainable food & food waste, 3 marks

When putting away shopping, why should older food be moved to the front?

  1. So new food stays warmer for longer
  2. So the cupboard looks tidier to visitors
  3. So it is used first, before it goes off
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So it is used first, before it goes off

This is stock rotation, or first in, first out. Using older food first means fewer items pass their date and get thrown away, which saves money.

Sustainable food & food waste, 2 marks

Where should raw vegetable peelings go if the home has a food waste bin?

  1. General waste bin for landfill
  2. Brown bin for food and garden waste
  3. Green or blue bin for dry, clean recycling
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Brown bin for food and garden waste

Food waste in the brown bin is composted or used to make energy instead of rotting in landfill, where it gives off methane. A home compost heap works well too.

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