SUNDAY VIBES

THE tallest twin towers in the world is Malaysia’s Petronas Twin Towers, standing at 451.9 metres tall. Now try to imagine 16 of these twin towers being filled to the brim with food waste? This could well be the reality if we don’t do something about the problem of food waste.

According to the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp), by 2020 the total amount of food waste can certainly fill up 16 of the twin towers. Here’s another fact: Malaysians waste about 16,688 tonnes of food per day, an amount that can easily feed around 2.2 million people, three times a day!

In a nod to this very worrying issue, Sunway Pyramid, Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, with the support of the Sustainable Development Department of Sunway Group are working together to tackle the food waste issue in the country with the recent launch of their campaign, Food CPR ― Compost. Plant. Reduce.

This effort which is being undertaken by the Sunway Group is in line with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with particular emphasis on SDG’s 12th goal, which is responsible consumption and production.

Sunway City has started to reduce its food waste with the aid of an on-site compost machine by Mentari Alam EKO (MAEKO), a Malaysian company which specialises in food-waste management.

The machines have been installed by the Sunway Group to help reduce leftovers from being sent to the landfill where harmful green gases would be released. Food waste collected from 34 F&B (food and beverage) partners under the group will then be turned into compost and distributed to visitors to the mall for their personal use.