RCE Iskandar-2015

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1. Project Title: 
Food Waste Composting
2. Thematic area/s addressed by the project
Select your options: 
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)
3. Project partner contact information : 
Organization: 
Low Carbon Asia Research Centre, UTM
Role: 
Project Leader
Main Contact: 
ctlee@utm.my
4. Project type
Select the relevant type for your project: 
Contributing to capacity development of stakeholders and partners
5. Project description
Provide a short description of the project including strategies, regional challenges, aims and specific project activities.: 

Providing innovative and value-added solutions for conversion of food and organic waste to products.


6. Project status
On Going
Description: 
The project has conducted 3R campaigns, food waste segregation workshops, hands-on composting training, showcase of the products at exhibitions. Two composting plants were established at UTM Sustainable Campus and FELDA Taib Andak (a planned rural village). This project has come out with a business model for FELDA Taib Andak Low Carbon Society Committee that can generate income from the compost. The income generated is used to fund and scale up more sustainable development related activities at the FELDA.
8. Tagging
Region: 
Asia-Pacific
Tags (choose up to 5): 
Food & Hunger
Waste