Potato Chips: Sustainable or unsustainable?

Potato Chips: Sustainable or unsustainable?

For Step 6 of the Chips example

  • Read the action in the Activity column. Decide if the activity is sustainable or unsustainable. Give reasons for your decision.
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Sustainable Activity Unsustainable
Eating more chips produced from potato starch and not fresh potatoes
Growing demand for potato chips will create more jobs in farming and transportation sectors
Organic production of natural ingredients for potato chips will grow in the near future
Schools organise their own catering service for lunch / mid-day meal
The increased development of new flavoured chips improves the economic situation in countries like India and strengthens social development
More countries in the world import chips from leading production countries to serve the need for lunch snacks/ mid-day meal
Only potato chips of several flavours are served as school lunch or mid-day meal
Supply chain law will lead to better income and living conditions for small-scale farmers
Marking the Nutri-Score on chips packets will influence consumer decisions towards more healthy snacking
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