Turning food waste into organic fertiliser


Rogayah (in headscarf) pressing the button to launch the machine.

SIBU: Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) is expecting the volume of food waste dumped at the Jalan Kemuyang sanitary landfill to significantly reduce with the introducction of a high-speed crusher machine.

The machine works by processing food waste into organic fertiliser. The pilot project is a joint collaboration between the council and an environmental promotion group, Yut Leong.

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