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Jun 15 2007	Couple believe simple habit of reusing containers goes a long way
The Star, 11 June 2007 BUKIT MERTAJAM: Mylene Ooi always visits the market here with a basket and food containers to put in the produce she buys. The traders and stall owners know exactly what to do – they put the purchases straight into the containers, no plastic bag for this 59-year-old, thank you very much. The market basket, which the traders see, is also a familiar item that she brings to her green awareness seminars. Read More

Jun 15 2007	For this Penang couple, almost nothing goes to waste
by Nisha Sabanayagam The New Straits Times, 21 February 2007 KUALA LUMPUR: Imagine producing only one bag of rubbish per month, per household. Impossible? Not for Penang couple Mylene Ooi, 59, and her 69-year-old husband, Don Theseira. They have been perfecting the concept of zero waste for the past six years. "Almost nothing leaves my house," said Ooi. Read More

Jun 15 2007	There's money in 'paper lama'
The New Straits Times, 21 February 2007 KUALA LUMPUR: There is money to be made in recycling. When Don Theseira and Mylene Ooi sold their first batch of newspapers to a recycling contractor, they made about RM2,500. Read More

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