Wen_Shin_Chia

Wen Shin Chia

Wen Shin Chia (born c.1991) is a Malaysian environmentalist and entrepreneur.[1][2][3][4][5]

Quick Facts Born, Alma mater ...

Early life and family

Chia was born in Kuala Lumpur and raised in Selengor, Malaysia. She is the youngest among two siblings. Her mother died when she was 15 years old.[6]

Chia attended SMK Kepong.[6]

Environmentalism

Chia earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science and Technology from Universiti Putra Malaysia. She decided to take it after noticing the increasing pollution in camping and hiking sites she used to frequent to.[7][8][9] At her third year, Chia conducted a survey and found out that 90 percent of Malaysian households are oblivious on how to properly dispose cooking oil — a majority admitted to dumping it into sinks, drains and toilet bowls. Hence, Chia's university project was a community-based initiative in recycling cooking oils to soaps.[7][10]

Chia worked as a product development executive at an agri-chemical company for a few months before establishing Green Yards.[6][11]

Green Yards

Green Yards is a social enterprise that recycles cooking oil to eco-friendly products and aims to reduce water pollution in Malaysia in return. Green Yards collects used oil from households, restaurants and markets. They give free soap per 5 kg of oil.[1][4][12] In its first year, Green Yards was able to prevent 4.7 tonnes of cooking oil from being dumped.[12]

Green Yards also conducts recycling workshops.[6][10][12]


References

  1. COMPANY, BALL WATCH (4 July 2018). "These 9 Inspiring Individuals Will Make You Proud To Be A Malaysian". SAYS. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. Jayatilaka, Tania (25 January 2019). "Deserving Malaysians Who Have Worked Their Way To International Acclaim". Tatler Malaysia. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. "Wen Shin Chia". Forbes. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. 【#CHOOSETOCHALLENGE】绿色环保女卫士谢雯欣 回锅油制成肥皂. 风采·Feminine. No. 713. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. "Wen Shin Chia, Greenyards". Women to Watch Media® with Sue Rocco. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  6. Arum, Nenden (15 October 2019). "Wen Shin Chia: The Young Malaysian Green Warrior". The People of Asia. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  7. "Wen Shin Chia: Green Yards". www.queenscommonwealthtrust.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. "Wen Shin Chia | Commonwealth Community Heritage". commonwealth-community-heritage.net. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Wen_Shin_Chia, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.