This statistic shows the outcome of the following survey question: ''What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in your household?'' As of 2016, roughly 35 percent of the respondents indicated they think the expiring of the expiry date is the main cause of food waste.
What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in your household?*
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Motivaction, & Rabobank, & Stichting Natuur en Milieu. (October 19, 2016). What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in your household?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/701344/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-own-household-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, und Rabobank, und Stichting Natuur en Milieu. "What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in your household?* ." Chart. October 19, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701344/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-own-household-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, Rabobank, Stichting Natuur en Milieu. (2016). What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in your household?* . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701344/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-own-household-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, and Rabobank, and Stichting Natuur en Milieu. "What Are According to You The Most Important Causes of Food Waste in Your Household?* ." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701344/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-own-household-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction & Rabobank & Stichting Natuur en Milieu, What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in your household?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701344/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-own-household-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 23, 2024)
What are according to you the most important causes of food waste in your household?* [Graph], Motivaction, & Rabobank, & Stichting Natuur en Milieu, October 19, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/701344/perceived-causes-of-food-waste-in-own-household-in-the-netherlands/