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Food waste is a crucial issue in our society. According to The Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) of Malaysia, Malaysians produce about 16,688 tonnes of food waste per day, an amount that can easily feed up to 2.2 million people, three meals a day. According to statistics, 60% of the Municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in Malaysia constituted food waste, including fruits and vegetables. By implementing the concept of Permaculture together with 5R by Zero Waste, the innovative product; Smart Portable Perma (SPP) was designed to tackle those issues. The successful key to SPP is layering within the main pot. The composting layer (upper layer) consists of brown waste, green waste and soil, which will produce compost. The lower layer, the filtering layer (containing pebbles, twigs, coconut husk and coco peat) will provide efficient water irrigation, produce good water soil with a high concentration of essential nutrients, and increase the soil holding capacity. Small vegetative and herbs can be planted in the portable pot, which acquires nutrients from the compost and good waste soil provided by the main pot. Thus, this product can perform two essential activities: compost maker and planting kit.