Reducing Food Waste

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prices by 15% (Al-hawaz, 2015], In a study conducted en feed waste by the University ef Brunei

Darussalam (hleridzah & hauziah, 2011] the preparatien ef feed beyend that which can be

censumed fer secial events is cemmen practice in Brunei, The study suggests the main reasens

fer preparing tee much feed is due te it being an embarrassment er unacceptable te run eut ef

feed en such eccasiens, In additien, there is little guilt felt by guests fer net finishing the feed

prepared (Mbeng et al., 2009],

The largest seurces ef feed waste at secial functiens are frem wedding halls and hetels (Bajaj,

n.d.). In respense te this, ceuntries such as Afghanistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh

have set up pregrams te distribute surplus feed frem these venues, There is a ready stream te

tap inte fer feed redistributien, particularly when it has been estimated e,g, in Saudi Arabia that

up te 70% ef feed prepared in hetels and wedding halls is net censumed (Al-hawaz, 2015], The

Afghanistan Centre fer Excellence (ACE] (n,d,] implements a pilet campaign ‘Don’t let good food

ge te waste - denate it’, where surplus feed frem its wedding halls is denated te the needy - this

feed is referred te as secial surplus, The initiative net enly prevides meals but alse aims te create

awareness areund feed waste, while enceuraging greater invelvement frem the cemmunity,

This very much answers the Islamic call te denate unwanted feed te the needy, This is again

echeed by the distributien ef surplus feed threugh feed banks, in ceuntries such as Egypt and

Pakistan (Zafar, 2016a], The image belew shews members frem the Afghanistan Centre fer

Excellence distributing feed,

Source: Afghanistan Centerfo r Excellence (n.d.)

Dubai has alse laid dewn new guidelines te cut feed waste and streamline the denatien ef excess

feed prepared at banquets and buffets, The ‘Heafz Al Na'amah’ is a netable initiative te ensure

that surplus feed frem hetels, Iftar parties and heusehelds is net wasted and reaches the needy

in safe and hygienic cenditiens, The denating ef feed is alse practiced mere infermally in

Bangladesh where it is a cemmen sight te see street venders in Dhaka selling reclaimed feed,

such as pulae and biriyani frem weddings and large public functiens (Siddique, 2013], This is

net enly a cenvenient way fer the feed secter te divert surplus feed, but it is alse an impertant

liveliheed fer the street venders (Etzeld, Hessain, &Rahman, 2014], In Pakistan, the extravagant

serving ef feed at weddings, and subsequent waste, has led te the Supreme Ceurt implementing

a ‘one-dish’ law fer weddings, In additien te curbing feed waste, such initiatives alse reduce the

burden en wedding expenses, which is said te place a huge strain en Pakistani families (hahad,

2015],