Feast of faith, not waste


For the planet: The MYSaveFood programme is looking into working with more Ramadan bazaars to help prevent food waste. — KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The Star

IT is getting difficult to turn a blind eye to the obscene amount of food in dumpsters and landfills.

From edible agricultural yields to ready-to-be-eaten meals, mountains are piling by the day – the average food waste recorded by the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corpo-ration (SWCorp) was 17,000 tonnes daily in 2022 alone.

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