Attitudes towards minimizing food waste in the United States 2020

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Nils-Gerrit Wunsch,
Jun 29, 2022
In 2020, a survey was conducted to capture the attitudes towards minimizing food waste in the United States. Survey respondents were asked "Why do you think minimizing your food waste is important?" The results show that approximately 38 percent of respondents want to live more sustainably, for example by reducing their environmental footprint.

Attitudes towards minimizing food waste in the United States in 2020

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Release date

October 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Number of respondents

500*

Supplementary notes

Numbers do not add up to 100 percent, as respondents could chose more than one answer. *The total number of respondents for this statistic was N=500. However, if this covers all six countries discussed in the report or if this is an average was not stated. The numbers for the data from this survey as stated in the report conflict at least once with the numbers stated by the source on their website.

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