Thumbs up for recycling efforts


Yew along with SMJK Sacred Heart students dropping recyclable materials into a recycling cage in the school. — Photos: ASRI ABDUL GHANI/The Star

LITTLE by little, the waste segregation at source practised by Penangites is helping the environment and reducing the load on the Pulau Burung sanitary landfill.

Penang Island City Council (MBPP) mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang said that the recycling rate on Penang island has edged up a notch and that alone has saved a good deal of ratepayers’ money.

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