Food Wastage In Malaysia
This comes up to 16 000 tons a day which could feed around 12mil people.
Food wastage in malaysia. 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. According to the statistics provided by solid waste corp swcorp a government agency dealing with solid waste management in malaysia in 2017 alone malaysians generate 38 000 tons of waste per day in which approximately 15 000 tons are comprised of food waste and the amount keeps increasing. And of the 8 000 tonnes 3 000 tonnes is still edible. Tlfp prevents quality nutritious food and other surplus goods from going to landfill and redistributes this food and other essential items to those in need regardless of religion gender age.
The lost food project tlfp is a malaysian not for profit organisation dedicated to a sustainable future by rescuing lost food and finding it a new home with people who need it most. Therefore there is a need to manage food waste holistically. 2015 the food waste in malaysia reached 15 000 tonnes daily including 3 000 tonnes that was st. The amount of food wastage in malaysia is enough to feed 12 million people three times a day.
In malaysia alone we create a staggering 15 000 tonnes of food waste daily which is filling up our landfills. On top of that the amount rises by about 15 to 20 per cent during festive seasons. That is why swcorp is running a campaign to educate the public on efforts to appreciate food include via our value food no waste campaign he said. The amount of food wastage in malaysia is enough to feed 12 million people three times a day.
How many people can we feed with the food waste we produce. Reducing food wastage redistributing unsold or excess food and recycling treating food waste are important components of our national waste management strategies to work towards singapore becoming a zero waste nation under the sustainable singapore blueprint 2015. The average malaysian throws 1kg of food away everyday said deputy prime minister datuk seri dr wan azizah wan ismail when closing the malaysian agriculture horticulture and agro tourism exhibition maha 2018 recently. 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.
On top of that the amount rises by about 15 to 20 per cent during festive seasons. Of this 8000 tonnes or about 60 is avoidable food waste. 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.