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Food wastages are mainly contributed from overpurchasing of food and food stores’ and outlets’ overstocking. The amount of food waste generated in Malaysia is at the alarming rate. Over 17,000 tonnes of food wastes are generated on a daily basis. The generated food waste is causing serious problems to the socioeconomic and environmental aspect. Encouraging industries, businesses, and consumers to implement the 3R (reduce, reuse, and recycle) concepts is an important target to achieve “Goal 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.” Nevertheless, the application of circular economy principles to food waste management could represent a valuable impact to Malaysia economy performance optimization. This chapter draws a closer look on the current scenarios on food waste management, opportunities, challenges, and efforts of achieving the sustainable development goal. In addition, we aim to investigate the potential contribution of resource recovery from food waste to circular economy which can support sustainable economic growth and reduce environmental burdens.
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Yoong, L.S., Bashir, M.J.K., Wei, L.J. (2021). Food Waste Management Practice in Malaysia and Its Potential Contribution to the Circular Economy. In: Baskar, C., Ramakrishna, S., Baskar, S., Sharma, R., Chinnappan, A., Sehrawat, R. (eds) Handbook of Solid Waste Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7525-9_23-1
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