KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian volunteers are tackling food waste during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan by collecting unsold food from vendors and distributing it to low-income households. According to government data, about 112,000 tons of food went to waste in Muslim-majority Malaysia during Ramadan last year, a figure that non-profit organization GEMA is trying to reduce. In the first three weeks of the fasting month, GEMA collected 20 tons of leftover food from Ramadan bazaars in the capital Kuala Lumpur, volunteer Umi Kelathun Abd Ghani told Reuters, adding the organisation works across the country.

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