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Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Table 58: Common reasons for throwing out the food
Reasons
Afghanistan Benin Cameroon Saudi
Arabia Senegal
Turkey Uzbekistan
Over purchasing
50%
0%
16%
36% 0%
5%
11%
Over stocking
5%
5%
3%
11% 30% 3%
16%
Not willing to
consume leftover
food
25%
5%
13%
6% 5% 14%
11%
Prefer to consume
fresh food
0%
0%
0%
3% 0%
0%
0%
Expiration date
5%
30%
46%
40% 10% 41%
53%
Space problem
to keep
0%
0%
2%
3% 50% 5%
0%
Freshness -
consciousness
0%
0%
17%
0% 5% 31%
0%
Others
15% 60%
2%
0% 0%
3%
0%
This table indicates that over purchasing is the most common reason for throwing out the food
is related to the expiration date for a half of the Afghanistan respondents. A quarter of them
answered that the most common reason is that they don't want to consume leftover food.
It also indicates that 30% of the Beninese respondents answered that the most common reason
for throwing out the food is the expiration date. 60% of the respondents mentioned another
reason. These latter mentioned
a problem with the taste
of the food.
It further highlights that the most common reason for throwing out the food is the expiration
date by 46% of the Cameroonian, and it is followed by over purchasing by the freshness
consciousness (17%). 16% state that it is because of over purchasing, whereas the rest
mentioned that they don't want to consume leftover food, that they throw out the food because
of a lack of space to keep it or because of over stocking.
In Saudi Arabia, the most common reason for throwing out the food is the expiration date by
40.00%, and it is followed by over purchasing by 36%. 11% state that it is because of over
stocking, whereas the rest mentioned that they don't want to consume leftover food, that they
prefer to consume fresh food or that they throw out the food because of a lack of space to keep
it.
In Senegal, half of the respondents answered that the most common reason for throwing out the
food is the lack of space to keep it (50%). 30% of the respondents mentioned over stocking as
the most common reason to throw out the food.
In Turkey, the most common reason for throwing out the food is the expiration date by 41%,
and it is followed by freshness-consciousness by 31%. 14% of respondents are not willing to
consume the leftover food, whereas the rest mentioned over purchasing, over stocking, space
problem to keep and spoilt food as the common reasons to throw out the food.
In Uzbekistan, a little bit more than a half of the respondents who answered this question report
that the most common reason for throwing out the food is related to the expiration date (53%).
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