KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has truly surpassed its goal in restoring extra meals from Ramadan festivals all through the town, enhancing its dedication to sustainability with its Zero Waste campaigns.
As element of this initiative, 2 important packages had been utilized: MySaveFood and Food Waste Segregation.
Through MySaveFood, 11,482.89 kg of extra meals with an approximated value of over RM139,570 was effectively restored, going past the preliminary 10,000 kg goal,
MySaveFood is a tactical cooperation in between DBKL, Gema Malaysia Youth Organisation, SWCorp and traders to build up unsold meals which will definitely be dispersed to underserved neighborhoods.
“The programme aims to reduce food waste and encourage recycling practices among traders and bazaar visitors,” DBKL claimed in a media declaration.
A tag suggests a delay belongs to the MySaveFood marketing campaign to build up unsold issues for circulation.
“In addition to supporting underprivileged communities, the programme also positively impacts waste management costs and prevents excess food from being sent to landfills.”
It included that the initiative moreover added to a 21,532.28 kg lower in carbon discharges.
The program, which ranged from March 5 to 26, occurred at 12 chosen bazaar locations in Kuala Lumpur, consisting of Kampung Baru, Wangsa Maju and Bandar Tun Razak.
Meanwhile, the Food Waste Segregation program drawn away 11,990 kg of meals waste to composting centres, whereas 24,061 kg of non-food waste was reused.
“The programme is a collaboration between merchants and Alam Flora Sdn Bhd to separate meals waste for recycling.
“The primary goal of this effort is to reduce the amount of organic waste sent to landfills, aligning with DBKL’s vision of achieving Zero Waste by 2040,” DBKL claimed.
