Reducing Food Waste

In the OIC Member Countries

COMCEC

Figure 11: Summary of household food waste by food type, across five countries

all other

dairy and eggs

■meat and fish

■meals

■bakery

produce

■fresh fruit

■drink

■fresh vegetables

& salad

Source: Parfitt et al. (2010)

Table 8: Food waste per capita, by socio-economic group for selected countries

Per capita per day (g)

and per year(kg)

Country

Lower-

income

group

Middle-

income

group

Higher-

income

group

Turkey

274g

(100kg)

285g

(104kg)

319g

(116kg)

South Africa

410g

(150kg)

740g

(270kg)

1,290g

(471kg)

Sub-Saharan Africa, South & South-Eastern

Asia

16g

(6kg)

30g

(11kg)

Europe and North America

260g

(95kg)

315g

(115kg)

Source: Turkey andSouth Africa (adaptedfrom Cuesta, 2014); Sub-Saharan Africa, South &South-Eastern Asia and

Europe and North America (adaptedfrom FAO, n.d.).

1.5. In it ia tiv e s to re d u c e fo o d w a s te

Meeh waste reduction initiatives have b ttn implemented by ctvtral international, supra

national anh national organizations. Thtct initiatives reflect that feeh waste has tvelvth into a

high-prefilt public issue. Semt of these kty initiatives art:

100

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

III

Netherlands Austria

USA

Pekcan

[WRAP (Thonissen (Lechner&

(Jones

(2006)

2009)

Schneider

2002)

2009)