COMCEC
Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
National dietary
guidelines
Supreme Council of
Health
Integrates principles of food
sustainability, incorporating
environmental sustainability and food
security, and population concerns over
food waste (Seed, 2014)
Saudi Arabia Environmental
Standards on
Material Recovery
and Recycling of
Waste (2012)
Ministry of
Municipal and Rural
Affairs;
Presidency of
Meteorology and
Environment
A guidance document which is
intended to be the foundation for
the development of best
environmental practices in relation
to waste recovery and recycling
(Chakibi, 2013)
Senegal The Art 8 of the
Constitution
Ministry of
environment and
Sustainable
Development;
Environmental,
Economic and Social
Council;
Direction of
Environment and
Classified
Establishments
Includes the principle of
environmental protection “the
Republic of Senegal guarantees all
citizens the right to a clean and
healthy environment” (Dakono,
n.d.)
The Environment
Code
The management of environment
and natural resources is
decentralized to local authorities
by the decentralization Act (1996)
(Dakono, n.d.)
National Action
Plan for the
Environment
(2004), and
National action
plan of promoting
sustainable
production and
consumption
(2002)
Covers the environmental impact
of domestic waste
Sudan Higher Council for
Environment
Lack of waste management legal
frameworks (policy, law,
regulations etc), and the waste
sector is not given priority in the
government (political) agenda
(AWEPA, 2013)
Suriname Lack of legislation and outdated
legislation (Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, 2013)
Tunisia Sustainable
Development
Strategy (2014­
2020)
Ministry of
Environment;
National Agency for
Waste Management
(ANGed)
Little information available on the
plan or other waste legislation
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