LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Total food waste, by region and food type, per year........................................................... 2

Table 2: Estimated household food waste per surveyed country, per year.................................... 4

Table 3: Estimated food service food waste, per survey country, per year.....................................4

Table 4: Estimated food service drink waste per survey country, per year.................................... 5

Table 5: Examples of food waste at different stage of the food supply chain................................11

Table 6: Variations in the classification of food waste..................................................................... 13

Table 7: Food waste per person per year, by region....................................................................... 17

Table 8: Food waste per capita, by socio-economic group for selected countries........................ 18

Table 9: Two types of date labeling used in the European Union.................................................. 26

Table 10: Food service sector types...................................................................................................28

Table 11: Classification of food service food waste drivers by context categories...................... 31

Table 12: Comparison of the energy impact of food waste and daily activities............................34

Table 13: Total food waste, by region and commodity, per year................................................... 35

Table 14: Total food purchased by consumers that is wasted, per year........................................36

Table 15: Value of food wasted by households, by country............................................................ 36

Table 16: Food waste as contribution of total Palestinian Territory residentialsolid waste..... 38

Table 17: Household food waste in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, by food type...............................38

Table 18: Household food waste in Turkey, by socio-economic group......................................... 39

Table 19: Average food waste generated per customer, by food preparation and consumption

stage................................................................................................................................... 41

Table 20: Legislative frameworks adopted in OIC Member Countries to reduce food waste

and/or could be linked to the reduction of food waste................................................ 51

Table 21: Frequency of checking expiry dates when purchasing food.......................................... 59

Table 22: Main reasons given for throwing away food................................................................... 60

Table 23: Country survey sample size.............................................................................................. 68

Table 24: Estimated share of the world and region’s food wasted by the households and the

food service sector, by country....................................................................................... 69

Table 25: Estimate of average food wasted per household member, per year............................ 70

Table 26: Estimated average household food waste....................................................................... 71

Table 27: Estimate of average food wasted by food service establishments, per year.............. 73

Table 28: Estimated food service food waste, per country............................................................. 74

Table 29: Estimated amount of food waste generated, on average, by a household in

Cameroon, per year.......................................................................................................... 78

Table 30: Estimate of food waste generated, on average, by food service respondents in

Cameroon, per year.......................................................................................................... 79

Table 31: Estimated amount of food waste generated, on average, by a Saudi household, per

year.................................................................................................................................... 82

Table 32: Estimated food waste generated, on average, by Saudi food service respondents,

per year............................................................................................................................. 83

Table 33: Estimated food waste generated, on average, by a Turkish household, per year....85

Table 34: Estimated amount of food waste generated, on average, by food service respondents

in Turkey, per year...........................................................................................................86