From table scraps to compost

Useless ending: Instead of ending up in landfills and causing methane emission and toxic leachate that pollutes water reserves, tonnes of food waste can be turned into fertiliser.

EVERY day, tonnes of food is thrown away in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, equivalent to the load of a 32-tonne truck.

To reduce the amount of waste in landfills, Putrajaya Corporation (PPj) introduced a pilot project in 2009 to turn food waste into plant fertiliser.