Food Waste In Malaysia

Sunway city has started to reduce its food waste with the aid of an on site compost machine by mentari alam eko maeko a malaysian company which specialises in food waste management.

Food waste in malaysia. The food that is wasted daily in malaysia is enough to feed almost 2 2 million people statistics taken from the ministry of urban wellbeing housing and local government. And of the 8 000 tonnes 3 000 tonnes is still edible. He said the figure was based on a swcorp study conducted last year. That is enough food to feed 12 million people a day.

Of this around 15 000 tonnes is food waste. Our mothers were right when we throw away our food we need to think about the people in underprivileged countries and how we are depriving food from them. Food waste in this country has reached a critical level as data by solid waste management and public cleansing corporation swcorp shows that 55 percent of solid waste disposed at landfills comprise food. Enough to feed 12 million people a day.

The machines have been installed by the sunway group to help reduce leftovers from being sent to the landfill where harmful green gases would be released. Food waste in this country has reached a critical level as data by solid waste management and public cleansing corporation swcorp shows that 55 percent of solid waste disposed at landfills comprise food. Unfortunately our greed has inadvertently contributed to 16 688 tonnes of daily food waste in malaysia. Of this 8000 tonnes or about 60 is avoidable food waste.

According to the solid waste corporation malaysians generate 16 687 5 tonnes of food waste on a daily basis which is enough to feed 12 million people three times a day. Recent statistics by the solid waste and public cleansing management corporation swcorp showed that about 4 005 tonnes of food are thrown away in landfills every day during ramadan and the numbers are expected to rise by 15 to 20 per cent every festive season. Moreover food waste is reported to increase by 15 percent to 20 percent during festival seasons. In malaysia alone we create a staggering 15 000 tonnes of food waste daily which is filling up our landfills.

That is how much malaysians waste food every day. How many people can we feed with the food waste we produce. The reality however is the food is still ending up in malaysia s landfills and space is running out.