COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
In Saudi Arabia, none of the respondents stated tha t they never finish their plate w hen they eat
at home. The clear majority o f them stated tha t they often (41% ) or sometimes (38% ) finish their
plates w hen they eat at home, if n o t always (19% ).
Senegalese respondents are very divided as for the frequency of finish ing the plate w hen they
eat a t home. Aggregated results show th a t 60% finish it at least sometimes.
Clear m ajority o f the Turkish respondents always (69% ) or often (26% ) finish their plates when
they eat at home.
Uzbekistan respondents often or always finish their plate w hen they eat at home in 70% o f the
cases surveyed. 20% rarely do it and 10% never finish their plate at home.
Table 62: Frequency of opening a new package of food when there is already an open one
Frequency Afghanistan Benin Cameroon
Saudi
Arabia
Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Always 0% 0% 11% 2% 10% 2% 17%
Often 5% 10% 12% 2% 10% 2% 17%
Sometimes 10% 15% 19% 20% 20% 20% 28%
Rarely 30% 40% 24% 35% 30% 35% 28%
Never 55% 35% 33% 41% 30% 41% 11%
Most the Afghanistan people never open a new package o f food when there is already an open
one. 30% reported tha t they rarely do it, 10% sometimes do it and 5% often do it, only.
A clear m ajority of the survey participants in Benin never (35% ) or rarely (40% ) open a new
package o f food when there is already an open one. Only 10% reported to often do so.
Many the Cameroonian participants never (33% ) or rarely (24% ) open a new package of food
w hen there is already an open one. However, 42% state tha t they open a new package of food
w hen there is already an open one at least sometimes.
The clear majority of the Saudi participants never (41% ) or rarely (36% ) open a new package of
food w hen there is already an open one. Only 20% sometimes do so whereas alm ost none of them
often (2% ) or always (2% ) open a new package of food when there is already an open one.
Many the survey participants in Senegal never (30% ) or rarely (30% ) open a new package of
food w hen there is already an open one.
Am ong all Turkish participants, 41% never and 35% rarely open a new package of food when
there is already an open one.
Uzbekistan people were divided as for the frequency of opening a new package of food when
there is an open one. 17% answered always or often, 28 answered sometimes or rarely and 11%
answered never.
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