The Ramadan bazaar in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman is one of the hotspots that produce rubbish which are mostly made of up of good food.
The people are wasting a lot of food during the month of Ramadan. For the first 15 days in June, an additional 600 metric tonnes of rubbish were collected from the city; mostly from the Ramadan bazaars.
Alam Flora chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Zain Hassan said based on their data, a lot of food was being thrown away the last couple of weeks.
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