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- ↑ "Madspild i tal" [Food waste in numbers] (in Danish). stopspildafmad.dk. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Madspild i Danmark" [Food waste in Denmark](PDF) (in Danish). Landbrug og Fødevarer. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Stop madspild!" [Stop food waste!] (in Danish). rema1000.dk. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Reduktion af madspild" [Reduction of food waste] (in Danish). coop.dk. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Danmark reducerer sit madspild med 25 %" [Denmark reduces food waste by 25%] (in Danish). unric.org. June 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ Helen Russell (13 July 2016). "How did Denmark become a leader in the food waste revolution?". The Guardian.
- ↑ Irene Hell (18 July 2016). "Denmark leads Europe in tackling food waste". Deutsche Welle.
- ↑ Jonathan Bloom (26 September 2016). "Denmark Capitalizes on Culture to Stop Food Waste". National Geographic. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016.
