Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Turkey Turkey has 7 major laws
addressing directly or indirectly
food waste reduction dating from
2005 to 2013. Most focus on
agricultural waste and health and
safety of food (Erdem and Galani,
2016)
The Circular on
BreadWaste
Prevention
Campaign
(Circular no
2013/3]
Its aim is to prevent the food waste
with the meaning of bread for all
social layers and in public,
industrial, retailer, and food
service organizations (Erdem and
Galani, 2016)
Income Tax Law
(Serial no. 251 -
2004], and Value
Added Tax Law
(Law no. 3065 -
1994]
1) Grants donors the right to
deduct their food donations to
food banks from their taxable
income, and 2) foods donated to
foundations and associations
which operate for food banking
purposes by taxable persons to tax
-exempt foundations and public
benefit associations are exempt
from VAT (Erdem and Galani,
2016)
Uganda No deliberate policy has been
developed by municipal
authorities to implement the waste
management hierarchy (which
could include food waste
reduction). Some environmental
policies do exist, but they are not
enforced by authorities
(Komakech, 2014)
Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea,
Mauritania, Togo
No information identified
Sanctions on countries, such as Iran and Iraq have led to food or waste management plans that
encourage self-sufficiency - this includes the provision of food. In the case of Indonesia, they
have a very specific ‘Law on Food’ with a primary focus on self-sufficiency, which also
acknowledges food waste. With self-sufficiency being a focal point for several OIC Member
Countries, this would create a platform for introducing concepts and actions to reduce food
waste, as all food produced has significant value within a self-sufficient economy.
The impact of war has also had an effect on waste management whereby infrastructure and
systems are destroyed (Knowles, 2009].With the basics of administering and providing services
for waste management not in place, it makes it difficult to implement specific legislation or
action to reduce food waste.
The cost of implementing legislation could also be a limiting factor, especially in countries that
have little or no waste management legislation. However, starting or restarting from such a low-
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