Food Waste In Malaysia

And of the 8 000 tonnes 3 000 tonnes is still edible.

Food waste in malaysia. Of this around 15 000 tonnes is food waste. That is enough food to feed 12 million people a day. Moreover food waste is reported to increase by 15 percent to 20 percent during festival seasons. Malaysians generate 16 688 tons of food waste on a daily basis which can feed 12 million people for three meals a day out of this about 60 percent of wasted food is still edible.

On top of that the amount rises by about 15 to 20 per cent during festive seasons. 2015 the food waste in malaysia reached 15 000 tonnes daily including 3 000 tonnes that was st. 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. Enough to feed 12 million people a day.

Malaysians generate 38 000 tonnes of waste per day. 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. 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. 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.

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. Of this 8000 tonnes or about 60 is avoidable food waste. The amount of food wastage in malaysia is enough to feed 12 million people three times a day. That is how much malaysians waste food every day.

In malaysia alone we create a staggering 15 000 tonnes of food waste daily which is filling up our landfills. How many people can we feed with the food waste we produce.