In 2021, Portugal registered a total of almost 1.9 million metric tons of food waste. The majority of this waste was due to households, which were responsible for almost 1.3 million tons of food wasted. The catering and hotel trades generated almost 163 thousand metric tons of waste, while retail and distribution created more than 224 thousand metric tons. Food manufacturing was responsible for the lowest portion of food waste, namely 75.3 thousand metric tons.
Food waste in Portugal in 2021, by sector
(in metric tons)
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Statistics Portugal. (June 30, 2023). Food waste in Portugal in 2021, by sector (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1394049/portugal-food-waste-by-sector/
Statistics Portugal. "Food waste in Portugal in 2021, by sector (in metric tons)." Chart. June 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1394049/portugal-food-waste-by-sector/
Statistics Portugal. (2023). Food waste in Portugal in 2021, by sector (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1394049/portugal-food-waste-by-sector/
Statistics Portugal. "Food Waste in Portugal in 2021, by Sector (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1394049/portugal-food-waste-by-sector/
Statistics Portugal, Food waste in Portugal in 2021, by sector (in metric tons) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1394049/portugal-food-waste-by-sector/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Food waste in Portugal in 2021, by sector (in metric tons) [Graph], Statistics Portugal, June 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1394049/portugal-food-waste-by-sector/