Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
collection system, 78% stated th a t they were p lan n ing to have one against 22% tha t do no t plan
it.
Table 91: Average amount wastage produced per type of food per day
Type of food Afghanistan Benin Cameroon Saudi
Arabia Senegal
Turkey Uzbekistan
Average k gs
Meat, chicken &
fish
1.9 4.9 1.5 0.2 9.5 4.2 1.6
Fruit 0.0 2.9 1.1 0.3 6.6 1.0 0.7
Vegetables 1.8 2.0 1.5 0.3 8.3 4.2 2.6
Bakery 3.7 0.4 1.3 0.6 7.2 2.0 1.7
Sweets 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.1 5.0 0.2 0.1
Total 7.4 7.2 4.3 1.1 24.9 10.4 5.9
| Average liters
Fruit juice 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.2 8.3 1.9 1.1
Carbonated
drinks
2.7 0.6 1.6 0.1 7.0 1.5 2.4
Milk 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 6.4 0.1 0.2
Yoghurt 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 4.7 0.0 0.0
Total 2.7 1.4 3.3 0.9 26.4 3.5 3.7
Table 58 allows to understand tha t the country where the food business places waste the m ost
is Senegal (51.29 kg per day in average), followed by Turkey (13.84 kg per day in average). The
country where the food business places waste the less is Saudi A rabia (2.02 kg per day in
average), followed by Cameroon (7.58 kg per day in average). The category of food tha t is wasted
the m ost by the food business places surveyed from the aggregated above m en tioned countries
is Meat, chicken & fish (23.83 kg per day in average), followed by Vegetables (20.51 kg per day in
average). The category o f food tha t is wasted the less by the food business places surveyed from
the aggregated above m entioned countries is Y o gh u rt (5.42 liters per day in average), followed
by Sweets (6.39 kg per day in average).
Table 92: Ways to dispose solid food waste
Ways Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Donate food
collects to
charities
0% 0% 5% 0% 24% 4% 5%
Give it to
animals
0% 11% 8% 1% 33% 61% 60%
Give it to
poor people
0% 0% 3% 0% 29% 1% 0%
Nearest Bin 100% 89% 71% 79% 0% 28% 15%
Special Food
Waste
Collector
0% 0% 3% 17% 14% 6% 15%
Other 0% 0% 10% 3% 0% 0% 5%
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