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Consumer food waste share in the Netherlands 2010-2019

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Koen van Gelder,
Feb 10, 2023
In 2019, Dutch consumers wasted approximately 34 kilos of food per person per year. This was just under ten percent of all food bought. Between 2010 and 2019, food waste in the Netherlands decreased. In 2010, nearly 14 percent of all food bought was thrown away.

Share of food wasted by consumers in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2019

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Release date

October 2019

Region

Europe, Netherlands

Survey time period

2010 to 2019

Number of respondents

1,000*

Special properties

excl. fluids, such as beverages

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

2019 results are a combination of three different surveys. CREM Waste Management analyzed the waste of 130 households in 13 municipalities, Flycatcher Internet Research questioned 1,000 consumers about their food waste, and Kantar Public tracked the waste of 1,013 through an app.

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