For the past decade, MBSA has successfully operated the Shah Alam Compost Centre, using garden waste from the Shah Alam Lake Gardens and from residential areas.
But the trees in the park, just 600m from the Shah Alam City Council building, also generate plenty of garden waste every day, in the form of fallen branches and leaves which need to be raked and bagged by city council contractors.
Elly added that the city council’s effort to turn fallen leaf waste into compost helped support a clean and green Shah Alam rather than allow such organic waste to rot in a landfill. Samples of the compost are tested at the Soil Science Department at University Putra Malaysia to ensure its nutrient quality.
“Green waste brought in takes five to six months to compost in batches and we produce an estimated three-quarter tonne of compost annually,” she said. “Composting is a good way to upcycle discarded matter as it is being used to improve soil structure, allow better water infiltration and balanced pH levels,” she said.The Subang Jaya City Council has opted for a different approach by getting the community involved in compositing activities.
“We have found 60% of the participants are active in composting green kitchen waste and for those inactive ones, we will guide them again and if they fail, we take back the bins,” she said. Mazlina added that Subang Jaya would be able to divert food scraps from landfills if all support the initiative.
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