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.
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Matvett. (September 29, 2016). Why do you throw away food? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2025, 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: February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718201/survey-on-reasons-for-food-wastage-in-norway/
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