Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
production and consumption of
food in an optimal and sustainable
manner. This would include
elements related to a reduction in
food waste (Rafani, 2014)
Presidential
Decree 61/2011,
National Action
Plan to reduce
GHG emissions
(RAN-GRK)
Central
Government, Local
Governments,
private
sectors/business
actors and civil
society
A national guideline for emission
reduction covering 70
programmes, including waste
management (which should/could
include food waste) (Nachmany et
al., 2014)
Iran National
Development Plan
Ministry of Interior,
Department of
Environment
Target to reduce agricultural food
waste (Rastegary, 2015)
There is no independent
organization responsible for waste
management at provincial level
(Anon., 2016b)
Iraq National Solid
Waste
Management Plan
Ministry of
Environment
Little information. Much of Iraq’s
waste management systems and
structures have been affected by
war
Jordan Environmental
Protection Law
No. 52 of 2006
Ministry of
Environment
There is no specific legal
framework or national strategy for
solid waste management (Yamin,
2015). However, the
Environmental Protection Law
gives a clear and concise statement
as to how jurisdiction for waste
management is addressed among
key government institutions (Nait,
2015)
National Agenda
for Solid Waste
Utilization (2006)
A comprehensive political and
socio-economic reform plan for the
country until 2017. The first
recommendation is to develop
solid waste management policies,
promote environmentally sound
disposal sites, encourage recycling
and minimize solid waste
generation (Aljaradin & Persson,
2014)
Kuwait EPA Law No
21/1995
Environment Public
Authority
This law focuses more on the
administration of environmental
policy, and an environmental plan
covers avariety of environmental
issues, but little on solid waste
management, and none on food waste.
Legislation is poorly enforced, with low
institutional capacity to do so (Tortell
&Al-Essa, 2011)
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