This statistic shows the uses cost of avoidable food and drink waste per household in the United Kingdom (UK) per week in 2012. Meat and fish waste cost a household 1.52 British pounds every week, which is the most out of all the categories.
Cost of avoidable weekly food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 per household (in GBP)
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Defra. (January 29, 2015). Cost of avoidable weekly food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 per household (in GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/476880/avoidable-food-and-drink-waste-cost-united-kingdom/
Defra. "Cost of avoidable weekly food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 per household (in GBP)." Chart. January 29, 2015. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476880/avoidable-food-and-drink-waste-cost-united-kingdom/
Defra. (2015). Cost of avoidable weekly food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 per household (in GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476880/avoidable-food-and-drink-waste-cost-united-kingdom/
Defra. "Cost of Avoidable Weekly Food and Drink Waste in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2012 per Household (in Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/476880/avoidable-food-and-drink-waste-cost-united-kingdom/
Defra, Cost of avoidable weekly food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 per household (in GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/476880/avoidable-food-and-drink-waste-cost-united-kingdom/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Cost of avoidable weekly food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 per household (in GBP) [Graph], Defra, January 29, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/476880/avoidable-food-and-drink-waste-cost-united-kingdom/