For a country that prides itself on its food, we seem to waste a lot of it. The average Malaysian throws 1kg of food away everyday, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, when closing the Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agro-Tourism Exhibition (MAHA) 2018, recently. While a 2016 research by Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) on waste in landfills indicated that households produce the most food waste (40%), experts say that corporations have a part to play as well. Watch the full episode to find out more about food wastage in Malaysia and what you can do to help. Newsflash is a weekly R.AGE series that dissects and discusses the latest happenings.

Source: The Star December 25, 2018 01:30 UTC