COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
majority o f the Cameroonian business places (75%] believed tha t it w o u ld be useful if they get
some tra in ing or briefing on h ow to m in im ize and manage food waste. Once again, there is a
higher rate of respondents th a t d id n 't know w h a t to th ink abou t it (14% ) than respondents who
disagreed (11% ).
In Saudi Arabia, alm ost all surveyed business places (98% ) believed tha t it w ou ld be useful if
they get some tra in ing or briefing on h ow to m in im ize and manage food waste. More than three
quarters o f the Senegalese business places (76% ) believed tha t it w ou ld be useful if they get
some tra in ing or briefing on h ow to m in im ize and manage food waste. In Turkey, alm ost all
surveyed business places (99% ) believed tha t it w o u ld be useful if they get some tra in ing or
briefing on how to m in im ize and manage food waste. In Uzbekistan, a m ajority (65% ) of food
business believe tha t it w ou ld be useful if they could get some tra in ing or briefing on how to
m in im ize and manage food waste whereas a fifth o f them don 't th ink so.
Table 113: Agreement with the statement "It would be very useful if local authorities
organize a food waste collection from catering / hospitality places”
Agreement Afghanistan Benin Cameroon SaudiArabia Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Fully Agreed 70% 68% 34% 29% 14% 91% 40%
Agreed 30% 32% 41% 68% 48% 4% 30%
Don’t Know 0% 0% 13% 1% 29% 0% 25%
Not Agreed 0% 0% 9% 1% 10% 5% 5%
Not agreed at all 0% 0% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0%
The hospitality places surveyed in Afghanistan all agreed th a t it w ould be very useful if local
authorities organized a food waste collection from catering/hospitality places. All the hospitality
places surveyed in Benin agreed (32% ) or fu lly agreed (68% ) tha t it w ou ld be very useful if local
authorities organize a food waste collection from catering/hospitality places.
Clear majority of the Cameroonian respondent business entities (75% ) agreed tha t it w ou ld be
very useful if local authorities organize a food waste collection from catering/hospitality places.
Only 12% did no t agree w ith this op in ion while 13% d id n 't know w h a t to answer. In Saudi
Arabia, a clear m ajority o f all responden t business entities (95% ) agreed tha t it w ou ld be very
useful if local authorities organize a food waste collection from catering/hospitality places. Only
2% did n o t agree w ith this op in ion
Of all the hospitality places surveyed in Senegal 48% agreed and 14% fu lly agreed th a t it w ould
be very useful if local authorities organize a food waste collection from catering/hospitality
places. The fo rm m ost respondents (62% ). 29% d id n 't know w h a t to answer. They fo rm a high
rate than those who disagreed w ith this statement (10% ). In Turkey, a vast m ajority of all
respondent business entities (95% ) agreed tha t it w o u ld be very useful if local authorities
organize a food waste collection from catering/hospitality places. Only 5% d id n o t agree w ith
this opinion.
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