Hotel Food Waste in Malaysia: Calculating Disposal Costs
A kitchen producing 400 kg of food waste every day generates 146 tonnes a year. What it costs to handle depends on the collection contract and disposal route.
What does it cost a hotel to dispose of food waste in Malaysia?
The full cost combines collections, disposal, bin storage, labour and cleaning. Rates depend on your contractor, the collection schedule and where the waste goes. Start with your waste weights and recent invoices. Separate charges per lift or bin from charges per tonne, and include the staff time spent moving and cleaning bins.
The tonnage is the part a kitchen can work out for itself, and it is worth doing first. Four hundred kilogrammes a day, every day of the year, is 146,000 kg — about 146 tonnes. That is an illustrative annual quantity, assuming operation every day. Some invoice lines are charged by lift or bin rather than weight.
Weight alone does not price haulage, bins, labour or pest control. Use your own invoices and staff records to calculate those costs.
