This statistic shows the volume of food waste produced in Denmark in 2016, by sector. That year, households produced most food waste, amounting to roughly 261 thousand metric tons. Food waste produced in the retail sector had a volume of 163 thousand metric tons. Denmark's food industry produced food waste with a volume of 133 thousand metric tons.
Volume of food waste produced in Denmark in 2016, by sector (in metric tons)
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Dansk Supermarked. (March 28, 2017). Volume of food waste produced in Denmark in 2016, by sector (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/778255/volume-of-food-waste-produced-in-denmark-by-sector/
Dansk Supermarked. "Volume of food waste produced in Denmark in 2016, by sector (in metric tons)." Chart. March 28, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/778255/volume-of-food-waste-produced-in-denmark-by-sector/
Dansk Supermarked. (2017). Volume of food waste produced in Denmark in 2016, by sector (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/778255/volume-of-food-waste-produced-in-denmark-by-sector/
Dansk Supermarked. "Volume of Food Waste Produced in Denmark in 2016, by Sector (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/778255/volume-of-food-waste-produced-in-denmark-by-sector/
Dansk Supermarked, Volume of food waste produced in Denmark in 2016, by sector (in metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/778255/volume-of-food-waste-produced-in-denmark-by-sector/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Volume of food waste produced in Denmark in 2016, by sector (in metric tons) [Graph], Dansk Supermarked, March 28, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/778255/volume-of-food-waste-produced-in-denmark-by-sector/