This statistic shows the outcome to the following survey question: ''What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in households in the Netherlands?'' As of 2016, roughly 45 percent of the respondents indicated they think the incapability to estimate how much one drinks or eats is the main cause of food waste.
What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in households in the Netherlands?*
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* The question was phrased by the source in Dutch as follows: ''Wat zijn volgens jou de belangrijkste oorzaken van voedselverspilling in Nederlandse huishoudens?''.
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Motivaction, & FGH Bank, & Stichting Natuur en Milieu. (October 19, 2016). What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in households in the Netherlands?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/701342/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, und FGH Bank, und Stichting Natuur en Milieu. "What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in households in the Netherlands?* ." Chart. October 19, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701342/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, FGH Bank, Stichting Natuur en Milieu. (2016). What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in households in the Netherlands?* . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701342/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, and FGH Bank, and Stichting Natuur en Milieu. "What Are According to You The Most Important Causes of Food Waste in Households in The Netherlands?* ." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701342/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction & FGH Bank & Stichting Natuur en Milieu, What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in households in the Netherlands?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701342/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 15, 2025)
What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in households in the Netherlands?* [Graph], Motivaction, & FGH Bank, & Stichting Natuur en Milieu, October 19, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/701342/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-the-netherlands/
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