Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Kuwait EPA Law No
21/1995
Environment Public
Authority
Malaysia National Strategic
Plan for Food
Waste
Management (in
development)
National Solid
Waste Management
Plan to cover the following:
• Diversion of Food Waste from
entering the landfill
(minimization)
• Proper treatment of food waste
generated
• Effective recovery of landfill
gasses (bin Yahaya, n.d.)
Food Recycling
Law
Department, Urban
Wellbeing, Housing
and Local
Government
Ministry
The law focuses on food waste
recycling rather than food wastage
for the food and beverage industry,
but it still helps to reduce food
wastage indirectly (Pillay &Daim,
2016)
Agriculture and
Agro-based Industry
Ministry
Are co-ordinators, with the
Malaysian Agriculural Research
and Development Institute (Mardi),
for the MYsavefood programme to
promote food loss and food waste
reduction (Anon., 2016a)
Mali Decree number
01-394/P-RM
from September
6th 2001.
National Directorate
of Sanitation and
Pollution Control
Solid wastes management decree
covers the prevention and
reduction of the solid wastes and
their harmfulness (this could
include food waste) (Samake, Tang,
Hlaing, &Wang, 2009). However,
solid waste management is very
poor in Mali, and any regulations
are poorly implemented at a local
level (UNEP, n.d.)
Niger Hygiene
legislation (no. 93­
13, 1993)
Waste management and handling is
not well developed. Non-hazardous
waste is partially regulated by
hygiene legislation (Hammer,
2014)
Oman Law on
Conservation of
the Environment
& Prevention of
Pollution
Be’ah:
Ministry of
Environment
Aside from these overarching laws
and the Ministerial decision, the
country does not have any
legislation on waste management
(Umar, 2016)
Ministerial
Decision No.
(17/93)
Regulations for the
Management of
Solid Non-
hazardous Waste
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