U.S. states that wasted the most groceries 2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 15, 2016
This statistic ranks the U.S. states that wasted to most groceries in 2016. During this year, Mississippi households threw away approximately 14 percent of its groceries. Food waste has huge impacts on the global carbon footprint.

Leading states based on percentage of wasted groceries in the United States in 2016

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Release date

August 2016

Region

United States

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

2,000 respondents

Special properties

U.S. households

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