'Eat Smart, Save Food' programme cuts food waste by 43pct

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NSTnation Each day, Malaysians discard 16,000 tonnes of food, which could feed 12 million people a day.

Tsukuba University Policy and Planning Sciences Division Associate Professor Dr Naoko Kaida said the figures from the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation were alarming.

Kaida was in Malaysia for the “Eat Smart, Save Food” programme, a food waste reduction project held at four communities in the Klang Valley, namely the Sri Kota public housing in Bandar Tun Razak; People’s Housing Project in Taman Mulia, Cheras; Presint 11 in Putrajaya and government quarters in Nilai, Negri Sembilan.

“They were given a weighing scale, garbage bag, and a diary to record their food daily waste, along with the programme’s booklets. We held gatherings with the communities to discuss their progress and share tips, be it on grocery lists or recipes.” “When the project first started, each household produced an average of 600g of food waste. This gradually decreased to an average of 350g in July. On average, from January to July, each household reduced an average of 27kg of food waste and 68kg of carbon dioxide emissions. They also saved an average of RM300 per household.

 

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