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}  \end{table}  Furthermore, yet little work has been done to translate the Dutch household wastage figures into the environmental impacts regarding water spoilage, fertile land use and CO_2 emissions. From the factsheet issued by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2013, a study by Mileu Centraal had been cited that expressed each kilo of wasted food as 1.3 litre wasted gasoline \citep{ministry_of_economic_affairs_facts_2013}. \citep{milieu_centraal_feiten_2013}.  However, the study is not publicly available and can thus contribute to a limited extent to new scientific insights on food waste implications. %is known on the actual act of food waste spillage. This research aims at filling this gap by addressing the following questions: