MP SPEAKS | In Malaysia, an average of about 38,000 metric tonnes of solid waste is sent to more than 100 landfills daily, of which up to 45 percent is food waste. Based on this trend, by 2050, Malaysia’s landfills may face a saturation crisis. The authorities and operators are actively seeking solutions for sustainable treatment systems. Many people do not know that food waste sent to landfills produces a large amount of methane gas, which has a global warming power 21 times that of carbon dioxide, which means that methane from food waste will exacerbate global warming. The source of food was…