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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 60-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.

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.

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.