COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
Pakistan ‘One-dish’ law Supreme Court To allow only one-dish at weddings
in Islamabad (Azeem, 2015)
MSW policies Environment
Ministry
From a municipal solid waste
perspective, some policies exist (it
is not clear as to what these are),
implementation levels are poor due
to ill-equipped governmental
institutions (Punjab State
Government, n.d.; Zahidi, 2014)
Palestine Palestinian
Environmental
Law No 7 (1997)
Palestinian National
Authority
The second section of this law deals
with issues relating to solid waste
in several articles, specifically
Articles 7 to 10. This is
predominantly focused on
infrastructure -where feasible, and
within limitations of Israel's
restrictions on activities and
Palestine National Authority. Due
to the political instability of the
region, there is a lack of
infrastructure and services
(European Environment Agency,
2014)
National
Environmental
Action Plan
(NEAP)
Palestinian National
Authority
Sets out actions and projects
necessary to solve or alleviate
environmental problems in
Palestine, including solid waste
which would include food
waste)(European Environment
Agency, 2014)
National Strategy
for Solid Waste
Management
(NSSWM) (2008)
Ministerial Cabinet It constitutes the reference point
and strategic framework for all
decisions, programmes, activities
and medium-term investment
plans, aiming to develop the solid
waste sector (European
Environment Agency, 2014)
Qatar Qatar National
Development
Strategy 2011­
2016
Ministry of
Municipality and
Environment
The country will adopt a multi­
faceted strategy to contain the
levels of waste generated by
households, commercial sites and
industry - and to promote
recycling initiatives (Zafar, 2016b)
Solid Waste
Management Plan
Has a target to reduce household
waste (this would include food)
Qatar National
Vision 2030
Linking food and nutrition security
to the nation’s environmental and
economic development (UNEP,
2014)
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