Best practiceson OrganicWasteManagementin PenangFinal Report June 2015

UserPREPARED BY KHOR HUNG TEIK

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Contents1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1. Taman Pandan Apartments Environment Resource Centre ....................................................................................... 3

1.2. Bayan Baru Market.................................................................................................................................................................. 4

1.3. Farlim Market ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5

1.4. Penang Hill Project .................................................................................................................................................................. 7

2. Best Practice Materials ................................................................................................................................................................ 9

2.1. Manuals....................................................................................................................................................................................10

2.1.1. Compost Manual Edition 1..................................................................................................................................................10

2.1.1.1. Composting Manual Edition 1 _Prt 1.Pdf ....................................................................................................................10

2.1.1.2. Composting Manual Edition 1 _prt2.pdf ....................................................................................................................10

2.1.2. Compost Manual Edition 2..................................................................................................................................................11

2.1.3. Natural Farming Manual.Pdf...............................................................................................................................................12

2.1.4. Taman Duku Composting Manual.Pdf ............................................................................................................................13

2.1.5. Kitchen Waste Composting Manual ................................................................................................................................14

3. Composting Posters & Brochures............................................................................................................................................16

3.1. Poster ........................................................................................................................................................................................16

3.2. Brochures .................................................................................................................................................................................17

4. Workshop Presentations ............................................................................................................................................................18

4.1.1. CCAC WORKSHOP 1.............................................................................................................................................................18

4.1.2. Presentation of proposed Penang Organic Waste Management Plan by Mr Khor Hung Teik, Senior WasteManagement Consultant...................................................................................................................................................................18

4.1.3. Presentation of Best Practices on Organic Waste Diversion Strategies By Penang Island City Council byTuan Haji Mubarak Junus, Director of Urban Services, Penang Island City Council ...........................................................18

4.1.4. Presentation of Best Practices Organic Waste Diversion Strategies By Seberang Perai Municipal Council byMr Mohd Puad b. Hamid ....................................................................................................................................................................18

4.1.5. Presentation on Turning Kitchen Waste To Good Use In Organic Farming By Mr Ng Tho Heng, Taman DesaDamai Environment Resource Centre.............................................................................................................................................18

4.1.6. Presentation on Recycling and Composting by Ms Loh Poh Chen, Taman Pandan Apartments ResourceCentre, Butterworth ..............................................................................................................................................................................18

4.2. CCAC WORKSHOP 2.............................................................................................................................................................18

4.2.1. Overview : Proposed Organic Waste Management Plan by Mr Khor Hung Teik ........................................18

4.2.2. Briefing On Pulau Burong Land Fill – PLB Terang Sdn. Bhd. .........................................................................................18

4.2.3. Penang Hill Organic Waste Management by Mr. Soh Yew Aun ..............................................................................18

4.2.4. Auto City Organic Food Waste Management by Mr. Gary Teoh Kiang Hong.....................................................18

4.2.5. Chicken Waste Management by Mr. Theam Teik Guan ............................................................................................18

4.2.6. Bayan Baru Hawker Centre Food Waste Management by MBPP ...........................................................................18

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4.2.7. Recycling & Waste Minimization in Lam Wah Ee Hospital by Ms. Cheow Mooy Chew .....................................19

4.2.8. Ensuring Food Accessibility & Reducing Carbon Footprint: Makan Sampai Habis Campaign by Mr.KennyKuan 19

4.3. Other Best Practices..............................................................................................................................................................19

4.3.1. PPT1_Green school Elementary school.pdf ....................................................................................................................19

4.3.2. PPT2_Green school Science school.pdf ..........................................................................................................................19

4.3.3. PPT3_Permatang Nibong Resource Center.pdf ............................................................................................................19

5. Videos Clips ..................................................................................................................................................................................19

5.1.1. Autocity_Finding the Right Solution.m4v .........................................................................................................................19

5.1.2. Bio Regen (Channel NewsAsia).mp4 ...............................................................................................................................19

5.1.3. Bio Regen_Fighting the Problem at its Source.m4v ......................................................................................................19

5.1.4. Penang Solid Waste Management_Final_030614_720p.mp4....................................................................................19

5.1.5. Penang_Towards a Greener State.m4v ..........................................................................................................................19

5.1.6. Taman Pandan_A History of Compost.m4v....................................................................................................................19

5.1.7. Tun Syed School_Where Science Helps the Environment.m4v..................................................................................19

6. Website..........................................................................................................................................................................................20

List of Photographs

Photo 1: Bio-Regen Machine at bayan baru market................................................................................................................... 5Photo 2: : Bio-Regen Machine at farlim market.............................................................................................................................. 5Photo 3: Fermentation tank on penang hill ..................................................................................................................................... 7Photo 4: sewerage treatment plant on penang hill ...................................................................................................................... 8Photo 5: household Composting manual editon 1......................................................................................................................10Photo 6: household composting manual edition 2......................................................................................................................11Photo 7: natural Farming Manual .....................................................................................................................................................12Photo 8: technical manual on soild waste composting.............................................................................................................13Photo 9: KITCHEN WASTE COMPOSTING MANUAL IN MALAY & MANDARIN (FRONT) .........................................................14Photo 10: KITCHEN WASTE COMPOSTING MANUAL IN MALAY & CHINESE (BACK) ..............................................................15Photo 11: community composting poster ......................................................................................................................................16Photo 12: WASTE SEPARATION BROCHURES IN MALAY, ENGLISH & CHINESE.........................................................................17

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Best practices paper onOrganic WasteManagementFinal Report

1. IntroductionBest practices paper on organic waste management, will provide guidance forPenang to reduce SLCPs through environmentally sound management of organicwaste. This paper captures some of the good examples of organic wastemanagement already implemented as well as painstakingly compiledthroughout the years.

The Best Practices materials include manuals, PowerPoint presentations of variouscommunity projects and video clips developed for dissemination to the public tocreate awareness and education. These can be easily downloaded and sharedas reference materials locally or globally.

The Best Practice Compilation will continue to grow in time and these will bedocumented and uploaded onto the http://www.pgcaringsociety.com.my/website provided by courtesy of the webmaster under the auspices andguidance of Hon. Mr Phee Boon Poh, Penang State Minister for Caring Society,Welfare and Environment.

The Solid Waste management unit itself visited four (4) best practices sites inorganic waste management by zero waste communities were visited anddocumented by the Solid Waste Management Unit. They are as follows:

1.1. Taman Pandan Apartments Environment Resource CentreThis project is at the initiative of the Taman Pandan Residents themselves headedby Ms Loh Poh Chen. It is run by a committee consisting of Taman PandanApartment dwellers. Activities include recycling activity, composting and small

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scale farming. It is one of the pioneers in zero waste management and a venuefor many local and foreign visitors.

Food waste is deposited by participating apartment dwellers at the organic foodwaste corner with collection bins. Other bins are for collecting recycled items suchas paper and plastic containers. The food waste is transported to a compost sheda distance away to be composted naturally and the final product is sold.Proceeds from the sale is channeled back to pay for repairs and purchase of toolsneeded. This center also produces plastic bags made from recycled plasticbillboard advertisements for sale as one of its activities.

1.2. Bayan Baru MarketThe City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) in 2011 with the assistance of its serviceprovider “Ecogen” embarked on a pilot project in this market to convert foodwaste into bio-liquid soil enhancer to be used by farmers for their crops. This isgood for the environment, as these food waste would be diverted from endingup in the landfill at Pulau Burong. The bio regen process utilizes microbes to breakdown food waste in holding tanks. The process starts with participating stallholders in the market. Participants store food waste which will be collected by thecity council workers and sent to a section where the food waste is grinded andmixed with microbial culture (Bokashi). This is then channeled to a holding tankand left for natural decomposition. After 28 days of decomposition, the endproduct is a bio-liquid soil enhancer collected by the agent for agricultural use.

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PHOTO 1: BIO-REGEN MACHINE AT BAYAN BARU MARKET

1.3. Farlim MarketThis market employs the same concept as the above Bayan Baru Market in

treating food waste generated.

PHOTO 2: : BIO-REGEN MACHINE AT FARLIM MARKET

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The Bio-regen Food Waste Processing machines are also found in the followingplaces:

1. Markets1.1. Bayan Baru Market Complex and Hawker Complex1.2. Campbell Street Market1.3. Pulau Tikus Market1.4. Jelutong market1.5. Farlim Market1.6. Rifle Range Market1.7. Batu Lancang market

2. Schools2.1. Heng Ee High School2.2. Tun Syed Sheh Shahabuddin Science Secondary School2.3. Convent Light Street Secondary School2.4. Convent Green Lane Secondary School2.5. Union Penang Secondary School2.6. Methodist Boys Secondary School

3. Highrise Residential Apartments3.1. Taman Pelangi Apartments Block 93.2. River Road Low Cost Flats for the hardcore Poor

4. Bukit Jawi Golf Resort5. Penang Girl Guides Association

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1.4. Penang Hill ProjectPenang Hill Corporation as the sole authority on development of Penang

Hill was tasked with finding a solution for the growing food waste generated aswell as sewage produced with the increased in number of daily visitors to the hill,following an upgrading of train services. Indah Water Konsortium, the sewagetreatment consortium is unable to construct a treatment plant because suitableland is insufficient. Tankers are unable to do ascend the hill to carry out desludgingworks because of the steep terrain. A solution was found through implementingthis project.

Food waste is collected by council workers from the stalls of the hawker's complex.The treatment for the breakdown of food waste is similar to that employed by theBayan Baru Market. Here, the decomposed food waste is mixed with sewagefrom the hawker's complex for further decomposition in tanks until it is completelybroken down and safe to be released into the environment, successfullyachieving near zero waste with a standalone system.

PHOTO 3: FERMENTATION TANK ON PENANG HILL

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PHOTO 4: SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT ON PENANG HILL

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2. Best Practice Materials

More Best Practices videos and materials will be uploaded onto the website:

http://www.pgcaringsociety.com.my/

These Best Practices Compilation includes:

1. Manuals2. PowerPoint Presentations3. Video Clips

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2.1. Manuals

2.1.1. Compost Manual Edition 1

2.1.1.1. Composting Manual Edition 1 _Prt 1.Pdf

2.1.1.2. Composting Manual Edition 1 _prt2.pdf

PHOTO 5: HOUSEHOLD COMPOSTING MANUAL EDITON 1

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2.1.2. Compost Manual Edition 2

PHOTO 6: HOUSEHOLD COMPOSTING MANUAL EDITION 2

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2.1.3. Natural Farming Manual.Pdf

PHOTO 7: NATURAL FARMING MANUAL

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2.1.4. Taman Duku Composting Manual.Pdf

PHOTO 8: TECHNICAL MANUAL ON SOILD WASTE COMPOSTING

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2.1.5. Kitchen Waste Composting ManualThese bilingual manual sponsored by the CCAC Project.

PHOTO 9: KITCHEN WASTE COMPOSTING MANUAL IN MALAY & MANDARIN (FRONT)

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PHOTO 10: KITCHEN WASTE COMPOSTING MANUAL IN MALAY & CHINESE (BACK)

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3. Composting Posters & Brochures

3.1. Poster

PHOTO 11: COMMUNITY COMPOSTING POSTER

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3.2. BrochuresThese brochures are sponsored by the CCAC Project.

PHOTO 12: WASTE SEPARATION BROCHURES IN MALAY, ENGLISH & CHINESE

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4. Workshop Presentations

4.1.1. CCAC WORKSHOP 1

4.1.2. Presentation of proposed Penang Organic Waste ManagementPlan by Mr Khor Hung Teik, Senior Waste ManagementConsultant.

4.1.3. Presentation of Best Practices on Organic Waste DiversionStrategies By Penang Island City Council by Tuan Haji MubarakJunus, Director of Urban Services, Penang Island City Council

4.1.4. Presentation of Best Practices Organic Waste Diversion StrategiesBy Seberang Perai Municipal Council by Mr Mohd Puad b. Hamid

4.1.5. Presentation on Turning Kitchen Waste To Good Use In OrganicFarming By Mr Ng Tho Heng, Taman Desa Damai EnvironmentResource Centre

4.1.6. Presentation on Recycling and Composting by Ms Loh Poh Chen,Taman Pandan Apartments Resource Centre, Butterworth

4.2. CCAC WORKSHOP 2

4.2.1. Overview : Proposed Organic Waste Management Plan byMr Khor Hung Teik

4.2.2. Briefing On Pulau Burong Land Fill – PLB Terang Sdn. Bhd.

4.2.3. Penang Hill Organic Waste Management by Mr. Soh Yew Aun

4.2.4. Auto City Organic Food Waste Management by Mr. Gary TeohKiang Hong

4.2.5. Chicken Waste Management by Mr. Theam Teik Guan

4.2.6. Bayan Baru Hawker Centre Food Waste Management by MBPP

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4.2.7. Recycling & Waste Minimization in Lam Wah Ee Hospital by Ms.Cheow Mooy Chew

4.2.8. Ensuring Food Accessibility & Reducing Carbon Footprint: MakanSampai Habis Campaign by Mr.Kenny Kuan

4.3. Other Best Practices

4.3.1. PPT1_Green school Elementary school.pdf

4.3.2. PPT2_Green school Science school.pdf

4.3.3. PPT3_Permatang Nibong Resource Center.pdf

5. Videos Clips

5.1.1. Autocity_Finding the Right Solution.m4v

5.1.2. Bio Regen (Channel NewsAsia).mp4

5.1.3. Bio Regen_Fighting the Problem at its Source.m4v

5.1.4. Penang Solid Waste Management_Final_030614_720p.mp4

5.1.5. Penang_Towards a Greener State.m4v

5.1.6. Taman Pandan_A History of Compost.m4v

5.1.7. Tun Syed School_Where Science Helps the Environment.m4v

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6. WebsiteThe website URL in which the Best Practices materials are uploaded is:

http://www.pgcaringsociety.com.my/