Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
statement " food waste is n o t a p rob lem as it is natu ral and biodegradable" while 35% disagreed
or did n o t agree a t all.
Table 99: Agreement with the statement "I don't really care about the amount of food waste
that I throw away”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 0% 5% 12% 1% 19% 1% 20%
Agreed 70% 26% 25% 6% 43% 1% 10%
Don’t Know 0% 0% 11% 1% 38% 1% 0%
Not Agreed 30% 37% 32% 68% 0% 6% 60%
Not Agreed at all 0% 32% 18% 23% 0% 91% 10%
It can be understood from the Table 65 tha t a strong m ajority o f the food business respondents
do n o t care abou t the am o u n t of food waste tha t they th row away 70% , against 30% tha t care
abou t it. In Benin, more than a majority o f the interviewed business places care abou t the
am o u n t o f food waste tha t they th row away (68% ) while the rest of them do n o t (32% ). In
Cameroon, a h a lf of the interviewed business places care abou t the am o u n t of food waste tha t
they th row away (50% ) while a big m ino rity do n o t (37% ).
In Saudi Arabia, alm ost all interviewed business places (91% ) care abou t the am o u n t of food
waste tha t they th row away. In Senegal, all the food business respondents who knew w h a t to
answer care abou t the am o u n t o f food waste tha t they th row away (62% ). In Turkey, the clear
m ajority of all interviewed business places (97% ) care abou t the am o u n t of food waste tha t they
th row away. In Uzbekistan, a clear m ajority of the food business respondents do n o t care about
the am oun t of food waste tha t they th row away (60% disagreed w ith the statement and 10% did
n o t a g ree a t a ll), whereas 30% care abou t it (w hom 20% fu lly agreed ).
Table 100: Agreement with the statement "Flushing food waste into the sewage is not a
problem”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon Saudi
Arabia Senegal
Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 0% 0% 11% 2% 29% 2% 10%
Agreed 0% 63% 17% 2% 29% 0% 5%
Don’t Know 0% 0% 20% 10% 19% 0% 10%
Not Agreed 45% 37% 32% 63% 19% 6% 30%
Not Agreed at all 55% 0% 21% 23% 5% 92% 45%
All the Afghanistan participants to the survey stated tha t flushing food waste in to the sewage is
a problem . A m ajority (63% ) of the food business places surveyed in Benin th ink tha t flushing
food waste in to the sewage is n o t a p rob lem whereas 37% do. 52% of the food business places
surveyed in Cameroon th ink tha t flushing food waste into the sewage is a problem . Whereas
28% do n o t th ink it is a problem , a round a fifth of the respondents d id n 't know w h a t to th ink
abou t it 20% . 86% of the food business places surveyed in Saudi Arabia th in k tha t flushing food
waste in to the sewage is a problem . Whereas 4% do no t th ink it is a problem , 10% do n 't know.
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