Malaysian Couple Donates 115kgs Of Surplus Food From Wedding To The Needy, You Can Do It Too!

Weddings can be an expensive occasion, with couples and families spending thousands on flowers, decorations and food for their guests.

But what happens when the food isn’t finished by the end of the event? Most of the time it’s thrown away, and isn’t that just a waste?

Thankfully, there is What A Waste, a Malaysian organisation on a mission to reduce food waste in Malaysia. They recently took to their Facebook page to showcase the amount of food they managed to donate to the unfortunate, thanks to an amazing couple who donated their leftover wedding feast.

During the wedding feast session, they managed to save 72.713kgs of food!

They wrote, “Congratulations to our couple, warriors Ashraf and Raihanah for saying, ‘I do to the environment’ on their biggest day. On that day, this duo decided to share their wedding surplus food with our needy community. What a wedding, held at the Glasshouse at Seputeh. In collaboration with a green wedding planner, Eventistry, this occasion is a huge success towards a zero food waste wedding.”

They broke down the food that was saved,

13.535kgs of Ghee Rice
19.926kgs of Mango Pajeri
10.854kgs of Local Mutton
8.119kgs of Onion Chicken
6.512kgs of Suji Desserts in cups
0.928kgs of Kuih Seri Muka
9.767kgs of Kuih Koleh Kacang
30.5 litres of Passionfruit Punch (61 bottles x 500ml)
1.5 litres of Teh Tarik

They also managed to save another 42.599kgs of food during the dinner session,

27.788kgs of Bombay Mix
2.545kgs of Raitha
1.887kgs of Ghee Roast Chicken
4.759kgs of Fruit Acar
5.62kgs of Cake

By donating the food via What A Waste, the couple not only managed to ensure that no food went to waste but also managed to do some charity work by having it donated to the needy. It total, they managed to save and donate 115.312kgs of food from the two meal sessions.

What a great way to celebrate a union!

“What A Waste has been advocating for eco-green weddings to redefine the poetics of green romance. This luncheon food rescue mission was wrapped up in 43 minutes with all rescued food immediately brought to be distributed to our families in PPR Kerinchi. We are just so happy to get back to what we do best,” What A Waste wrote.

And you can do it too.

All you have to do is register to What A Waste to be a food donor today, and together, we all can ensure that no food goes to waste while feeding the unfortunate.

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