This statistic shows the result of an annual survey on the reasons for food wastage in Norway as an average of the responses form 2010 to 2015. With a share of 42 percent of the respondents, the main reason fro throwing away food in Norway was, that the product has expired. A very bad products quality was a good reason for 22 percent of the respondents to waste food. To throw away food due to its damage or spoilage motivated roughly 20 percent of the respondents in Norway.
Why do you throw away food?
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Matvett. (September 29, 2016). Why do you throw away food? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/718201/survey-on-reasons-for-food-wastage-in-norway/
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Matvett. (2016). Why do you throw away food?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718201/survey-on-reasons-for-food-wastage-in-norway/
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