"We told Ah Lek we are in it for the long haul and wouldn't cheat him. "Initially we thought, 'My goodness, do we have to go to all the mamak stalls and collect the food waste from there?'" We get these places to separate their food waste. Ah Lek was the one who told them about the wonders of kitchen waste and what it could do for the soil. The 37-year-old Chua says food waste makes the best compost for organic farming.

Source: The China Post July 10, 2016 16:52 UTC