In every country in the globe, waste management has been essential to maintaining the environment. Given that it is merely a trash that individuals dispose of, some countries place less emphasis on managing food waste. However, studies have revealed that the amount of garbage produced daily by the retail industry and other industries is astounding. Government initiatives to date have mainly concentrated on regulating the disposal of solid waste through regulation and public awareness, with relatively little attention paid to food waste. Monitoring, reducing, and controlling waste are not given much attention, especially when it comes to waste particularly food waste. However, the court did not place a strong emphasis on the punishment for food waste. Environmental offenses, notably food waste, are not punished. This paper attempts to discuss the role that courts play in punishing environmental polluters in the Malaysia and Singapore contexts specifically the polluter pays principle, as well as whether or not punishment is ever meted out for food waste, which, given the world's expanding population, is a considerable amount of all waste.
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