Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Looking at Table 50, we can see tha t Afghanistan households are those who waste by far the
m o st food at the preparation step, fo llow by Turkish and Uzbekistan households. They waste
especially a lo t o f fruits and vegetables as well as bead and cereals. The respondents tha t
reported to waste the less are the Beninese ones, tha t reported to waste 582 grams o f food per
week at the p reparation step, they waste particularly few dairy products and sweets. In general,
a t the preparation step, it is the sugar and sweets (8,183g] category tha t is wasted the less,
followed by the dairy products (14,826g] category, and it is the fruits & vegetables (33,617g]
category tha t is wasted the m o st followed by the bread and cereals (24,450g] category.
Table 85: Average waste during the service (g) per week
Type of food Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Dairy products 7,850 20 463 787 2,507 3,671 3,781
Meat, eggs,
legumes/seeds
4,430 51 488 1,359 3,096 2,538 4,228
Fruits and
vegetables
12,475 54 409 1,775 2,190 5,146 8,800
Bread and
cereals
15,875 12 302 1,342 1,716 2,035 4,629
Sugar and sweets 1,815 25 288 656 1,290 1,103 2,533
Total 42,445 162 1,949 5,919 10,799 14,493 23,970
Table 51 shows tha t Afghanistan households are also those tha t waste the m o st food per week
a t the service step, followed by Uzbekistan and then Senegalese households according to the
answers given by the respondents of these respective countries. The country tha t wastes the
less at this step is Benin, followed by Cameroon and then Saudi Arabia. In general, the category
of food th a t is wasted the m o st at this step is fruits and vegetables (30,848g] followed by bread
and cereals (25,910g], and the category o f food th a t is wasted the less a t this step is sugar and
sweets (7,710g] followed by meat, eggs, legumes/seeds (16,189g).
Table 86: Average weekly plate waste (g)
Type of food Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Dairy products - 33 217 266 416 69 267
Meat, eggs,
legumes/seeds
1 65 212 423 365 49 44
Fruits and
vegetables
2 55 397 573 359 80 594
Bread and
cereals
10 4 98 419 306 55 373
Sugar and
sweets
- 19 106 82 176 11 316
Total 13 176 1,031 1,763 1,623 264 1,593
Looking at the Table 52, we can see tha t Afghanistan households are those tha t produce the less
plate waste, followed by Beninese and then Turkish households. Those tha t waste the m ost at
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