JOHOR BARU: Typically, scales are discarded once they are taken off fish. However, an Orang Asli woman has discovered a creative way to transform this waste into fashionable accessories.
Yang Tom, a 61-year-old villager from Kampung Orang Asli Bakar Batu, said she has been making sustainable accessories such as earrings and keychains from fish scales for the past few years.
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