ZWM concludes a one-day physical event celebrating 3 new Zero Waste Schools.
SELANGOR (8/12/2025) – A fruitful weekend saw the conclusion of The Green Wira Showcase 2.0 at PARC Subang that brought together important stakeholders, local school teachers and environmentally friendly vendors. The Green Wira Programme (“GWP”) is an educational programme that focuses on training educators in Malaysia on sustainability & zero waste living implementation. On the 6th of December, Zero Waste Malaysia (“ZWM”) hosted a Showcase that featured an exhibition, student-led booths, family-friendly workshops and silk screen printing.
Alumni teachers from this programme brought their school students to showcase ongoing sustainability projects inspired by the Green Wira Programme, such as reusing used coffee grounds as substrate to grow mushrooms, repurposing textile waste into functional items like bottle holders and more. Cumulatively, they brought 19 students to actively participate in leading the booths and public education.
Our 3 seed-funded teachers also had their own booths, which shared further details on how their respective RM10,000 seed fund was utilised to kickstart zero waste implementation at school to introduce an ecosystem transformation to facilitate the behaviour change. Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at SJK (C) Pui Ying and SMK (P) Pudu, and an Organic Food Waste Management system using Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) at SMK Bandar Damai Perdana with a chicken coop and aquaponic system.
To date, the Green Wira Programme has driven tangible environmental results in Malaysia, empowering 9,000 Malaysian students by training 304 local educators and 1,200 student leaders, achieving an estimated CO2e reduction of up to 4,300 kg.
All this was complemented by family-friendly vendors, Hara Makers, Eco Lestari Strategy, O SENTAI, Commute Initiatives (Bike Commute Malaysia), SareeUP, and Eats, Shoots and Roots, who hosted mini workshops, brought board games, presented their community initiatives and sold sustainability-related products. The face painting booth and silk screen printing were also crowd favourites, reusing old shirts and stamping them with ZWM’s logo. ZWM’s latest community repair initiative, #jomrepair, hosted a workshop in the afternoon that brought back 9 Repair Cadets from the training programme, 9 participants and repaired 5 household appliances such as irons, fans and air fryers – saving them from the landfills.
The event was attended by our esteemed collaborators Yayasan Bursa Malaysia, Axiata Foundation, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and PwC Malaysia, as well as a JPN Selangor representative and a local council representative.
Mazliana Mohamad, Director of Social Impact & Investor Empowerment, Bursa Malaysia, said, “Yayasan Bursa Malaysia is proud to support the Green Wira Programme that champions sustainable consumption by empowering the next generation to create real, on-ground impact. The Green Wira Showcase brings this to life, showing how educators and students can turn zero-waste principles into practical, meaningful action. This year, we also invited ZWM to participate in Social Return on Investment (SROI) workshops to deepen understanding of the social value created through zero-waste education.”
December 2026 will mark the 5-month milestone of our seed-funded schools, and the GWP team will continue to monitor data, collect impact stories and support these teachers alongside the alumni network. Green Wira is more than a programme—it’s a movement to embed sustainability into the heart of Malaysian education.
To stay updated on the Green Wira Programme and its impact, visit our website: https://zerowastemalaysia.org/green-wira-programme/
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ABOUT ZERO WASTE MALAYSIA
Established in 2016, Zero Waste Malaysia (“ZWM”) is a non-profit organisation and community group based in Malaysia advocating for sustainable development and aiming to increase the local community’s awareness of sustainable living. Learn more about the cause at https://zerowastemalaysia.org.
ABOUT YAYASAN BURSA MALAYSIA
Yayasan Bursa Malaysia (YBM) is Bursa Malaysia’s charitable arm. We foster equitable communities through strategic investments and targeted long-term programmes aligned with Bursa Malaysia’s priorities, focusing on building local capacities to deliver meaningful social impact and strengthen societal resilience. More at: https://www.bursamalaysia.com/about_bursa/sustainability/yayasan-bursa-malaysia/overview
ABOUT AXIATA FOUNDATION
As part of its mission, Axiata Foundation focuses on developing and nurturing young generations with critical skills to develop them into future digital leaders, under its Education Pillar. In addition, Axiata Foundation provides sustainable solutions to elevate quality of life for underserved and marginalised communities through its Community Investments pillar and aims to build a healthier planet through educating and collaborating with our youth under its Environment Pillar. For more information about Axiata Foundation, visit: www.axiata-foundation.com
ABOUT AMAZON WEB SERVICES
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to making a positive difference around the world. To benefit our communities in regions where we build and operate our global infrastructure, we established a program called AWS InCommunities. AWS InCommunities launches long-term, innovative programs that will have a lasting impact in our regions around the world where we work, live, and raise our families. For more, please visit: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/aws-incommunities/
ABOUT PwC MALAYSIA
At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.