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Abbreviations and Acronyms DANIDA JPSPN MARDI MHLG MPSJ NGOs NSP Danish International Development Assistance Jabatan Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal Negara (Department of National Solid Waste Management) Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute Ministry of Housing and Local Government Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (Subang Jaya Municipal Council) Non - Governmental Organisations National Strategic Plan i
Foreword Assalammualaikum and greetings, The food waste segregation programme for public food courts in Subang Jaya is one of the initiatives taken by Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) to increase public participation in sustainable solid waste management. Food waste is the largest component of our solid waste. Achieving high recycling rates for our waste therefore, cannot be done without involving food waste. Making high quality recycled products from food waste, however, require segregation at source to avoid contamination of the materials. It is therefore, impossible to achieve high recycling rates without the active participation of the waste generators which practically means all of us. Due to the flourishing eating-out culture in Malaysia, the council decided to establish a pilot programme for collection of food waste from selected food courts, i.e. USJ 7 Food Court, SS 13 Food Court, USJ SS 15 Food Court, PJS 11 Food Court and JUSCO Bandar Sunway Food Court. The hawkers were briefed and trained to segregate food wastes from the overall bulk of waste generated from their premises. Subsequently, the wastes were collected and brought to the Food Waste Composting Centre which the Council has established at USJ 1. After 6 months, 21 tonnes of food waste were collected and processed to compost before being used for landscaping at MPSJ areas. This programme is very successful. The support and commitment from the hawkers have been very encouraging. If we all work together, many more can be achieved. Based on the experience and achievements from this project, MPSJ is committed to continue and expand our effort in this field. It is our hope that other Local Authorities, associations, businesses, Non - Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and individuals may be able to use the experience learnt from this programme to enhance segregation of waste at source for recycling. I would like to extend my deepest thanks and appreciation to all parties involved in this project, especially the Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) who has assisted the Council in funding the programme, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG), the Public Food Court Hawker Associations, JUSCO Bandar Sunway, the Resident Associations involved, the committed staff of the Council and those who were involved directly or indirectly in making this project a success. Thank You. Dato’ Adnan bin Hj. Md Ikshan Yang Dipertua SUBANG JAYA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ii
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Page 3: Table of Contents Abbreviations and
Page 7 and 8: Background Municipal solid waste in
Page 9 and 10: The Project Design and Implementati
Page 11 and 12: PLANNING ESTABLISHING A TASKFORCE L
Page 13 and 14: IMPLEMENTATION TRIAL RUN A one-mont
Page 15 and 16: OPERATION OF THE FOOD WASTE SYSTEM
Page 17 and 18: OUTREACH AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
Page 19 and 20: QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY A questionnair
Page 21 and 22: QUALITY OF THE COMPOST Samples of t
Page 23 and 24: Benefits, Challenges and Key Lesson
Page 25: Sustaining the Project MPSJ is dete

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