CYBERJAYA, March 25 — KDEB Waste Management Sdn Bhd (KDEBWM) said it has collected 73 metric tons (tonnes) of excess food waste from 10,854 Ramadan bazaars in seven local authority areas (PBT) in Selangor for the first two weeks of Ramadan this year.
KDEBWM managing director Dato’ Ramli Mohd Tahir said the figure for the dumping of excess food waste did not show a decrease when compared to last year’s extravagance.
“We (KDEBWM) found there is still food dumping at Ramadan bazaars. In 2023, the record showed 73.67 metric tons of garbage collected from Ramadan bazaars. In these first two weeks, the figure is about 73 (tonnes), 75 and 76.”
To break the cycle, Ramli advised restraint for vendors to estimate potential sales before cooking.
“So I appeal to all bazaar traders, that you don't need to cook too much because in a bazaar there are naturally many choices sold by other vendors,” he said, reminding traders and the community that they should reflect on the plight of the Palestinian people who are under siege and facing starvation.
“(Hence) I support the MySaveFood programme 100 per cent, save what you can by giving to the needy,” he told Bernama after attending the launch of the Automated Drive-Through Recycling Centre (ADTReC), here today.
