Study: Switzerland emerges as most 'deluded' country over waste levels

Madeleine Cuff
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Study of 18,000 households around the world finds major gap between how much waste consumers think they generate, and how much food, clothing and possessions are actually going to waste

Consumers in Switzerland are among the most deluded when it comes to their levels of household waste, according to a new study of more than 18,000 consumers across the globe. New research released today...

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