Food Waste In Malaysia Statistic 2019

Food waste can be separated and composted he said adding that recycling and composting could reduce waste generation by 60 to 70 if there was mass adoption.

Food waste in malaysia statistic 2019. In the united states food waste is estimated at between 30 40 percent of the food supply. In addition to the table above the epa also created a graph that shows how all of this food waste is managed. Report on the survey of environmental protection expenditure 2019. Nur sofia may 31 2019 0 0.

In responding to this issue the government has taken a proactive way by initiating save food malaysia mysavefood program in 2015 to spur and nurture constructive efforts in reducing food loss and waste in malaysia. Wednesday 03 june 2020 1200 compendium of environment statistics malaysia 2019. The current players of mysavefood. Food waste affects the environment.

Most of it is put into landfills. Waste generated by the non domestic and domestic sectors both saw a reduction in 2019 from 5 70 million tonnes and 2 00 million tonnes respectively in 2018 to 5 37 million tonnes and 1 87 million tonnes respectively in 2019. Food waste can provide three meals a day to 11 million people mohd pauze 2015. Environmental protection expenditure recorded an annual growth rate of 4 0 per cent to rm2 7 billion.

Swcorp s annual report noted that during festive seasons huge portions of food end up being thrown away. A dramatic increase in food waste is witnessed in muslim countries during ramadan every year due to lavish grocery shopping and elaborate iftars. This figure based on estimates from usda s economic research service of 31 percent food loss at the. 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.

Ramadan food wastage in malaysia reaches over 120 000 tonnes. As a result lots of uneaten food will be thrown into the bin every day.