Tackling Mid-Autumn fest waste

PETALING JAYA: Although giving mooncakes is a tradition during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the good gesture can turn into a food waste problem if the pastries are uneaten and end up in a landfill warn consumer groups Besides food waste, which makes up the biggest type of trash in our landfills at 30.6%, another problem is overtly elaborate mooncake packaging, much of which is hard to recycle, they said.

To reduce waste during the Mid-Autumn Festival, consumers are advised to buy only what is needed, share the excess and opt for mooncakes with minimal packaging, or even better, no packaging.