Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Department of
Environment, Parks
anh Recreation
(more hicpocal)
environmental pollution in areas
such ac fooh waste
Cameroon The National
Waste
Management
Strategy
Several ministerial
hepartmentc have
manhatec to
implement colih
waste management
regulations anh the
highest bohy
responsible for
municipal colih
waste management
ic the Inter-
Minicterial
Commission for
Municipal Waste
Management
(ICMWM)
The only policy broahly healing
with the issues of waste in the
country (Bikobo, Daho, &Siyam,
2010). A lack of policy anh
implementation by Government
anh municipalities hac reculteh in a
systematic failure to ahhrecc waste
issues - incluhing fooh waste
(Mbeng et al., 2009). Despite
Government efforts to create anh
implement legislation relateh to
sustainable waste management, the
current policy framework ic not
efficient. Inahequate legislation ic
highlighteh ac the main reason for
thic inahequacy (Mbeng, Phillips, &
Mairweather, 2012)
Egypt Elmenofi et al. (2015) in their research on household food waste in Egypt note
that there are no policies or action plans at a government level that deal directly
with waste.
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the Environmental
Law 4/1994 htal
mainly with celih
wactt
Ministry of
Environmental
Affairs
Egyptian
Environmental
Affairs Agency
(EEAA)
Environmental Law 4/1994:
Within the framework of the Law,
some efforts were undertaken by
the State in order to preserve the
environment with an emphasis on
the concept of sustainable
development (Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and International
Cooperation, 2010)
Brtah-cebcihy
cmartcarh
Ministry of Supply Aims to reduce food waste
associated with bread subsidies,
and reduce costs of importing flour
(Balch, 2015)
Agricultural
Strategy 2030
Ministry of
Agriculture anh
Lanh Reclamation
Through its programs and action
plans it covers food safety and
agricultural waste (Elmenofi et al.
2015)
Indonesia Government
Regulation No.
81/2012 on the
management of
hoeceholh waste
To regulate the at-source
separation of waste into five
different waste categories. Food
waste would be one of these
categories (Aprilia, 2013)
Law No.18/2012
on Mooh
Includes food being a basic human
right, and Indonesian citizens
having access to safe and healthy
food, produced in Indonesia (self­
sufficiency). The law mentions the
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