In food-haven Malaysia, no gathering is complete without a feast. Malaysians are known for our love of makan-makan! We like to pile our plates, but we often don’t finish our food! And the extra-large portion that could have filled two or three hungry bellies often goes to waste, ending up in our landfills, producing green house gases heating up the planet. And this is happening alongside growing food insecurity among the urban poor. In this episode, we talk to Alvin AJ Chen and the efforts of the aptly-named NGO, What a Waste Malaysia, to rescue good food and tackle urban poverty hunger.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵-𝘧𝘰𝘳-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘦-𝘚𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘢, 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘳, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴.

𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.