Jakarta, May 28 -- Indonesia's National Food Agency (Bapanas) announced on May 27 that the Government would process food waste from the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme into economically valuable products, such as animal feed and compost, as part of its environmental contribution.
The agency estimated that leftover food from meals distributed to schools across the Southeast Asian country reaches 1.4 million tonnes annually.
Of the total 1.4 million tonnes of food waste, between 451,000 and 603,000 tonnes are edible and can be redistributed, while the rest are inedible and will be repurposed.
"The success of the MBG programme is measured not only by its health and education impact but also by its environmental contribution", said Bap...