COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
49% of the Turkish people that were surveyed reported that they overbuy fruits and vegetables,
and end up throwing out. This was the most frequently given answer. Other than fruit and
vegetables, bakery products (26%) and dairy products (18%) are overbought and thrown out.
Fruits and vegetables is the category of food that Uzbekistan respondents answered to overbuy
and dispose the most (for 76% of them), followed by others (12%).
Table 57: Frequency of disposing spoilt milk and other liquids per week
Frequency Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Never 45% 25% 32% 13% 50% 13% 25%
Rarely 35% 55% 56% 30% 20% 66% 40%
Once a week 15% 20% 6% 50% 25% 19% 25%
Twice a week 5% 0% 3% 4% 5% 2% 10%
More than
twice a week
0% 0% 3% 0% 0% 3% 0%
Most the Afghanistan respondents stated that they rarely (35%) or never (45%) dispose spoilt
milk and other liquids.
The clear majority of the Beninese respondents stated that they rarely (55%) or never (20%)
dispose spoilt milk and other liquids. The remaining respondents dispose spoilt milk and
another liquid maximum once a week.
The clear majority of the Cameroonian respondents stated that they rarely (56%) or never
(32%) dispose spoilt milk and other liquids.
13% of the respondents in Saudi Arabia never dispose spoilt milk or rarely (30%). Half of them
say that they do so maximum once a week (50%) in general.
The clear majority of the Senegalese respondents stated that they rarely (20%) or never (50%)
dispose spoilt milk and other liquids. The clear majority of the remaining respondents (25%)
dispose spoilt milk and other liquids once a week.
66% of the Turkish attendants to the survey stated that they dispose spoilt milk and other
liquids rarely. 19.09% once a week dispose them whereas 13% never do that.
Most the Uzbekistan respondents stated that they rarely (40%) or never (25%) dispose spoilt
milk and other liquids. 25% dispose these once a week and 10% twice a week.
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