Letting no leaf go to waste


MPSP worker Khairul Anuar, 27, collecting dried leaves for compost project in Nibong Tebal, Penang.Star pix by ASRI ABDUL GHANI / The Star / February 21, 2017.

A ROAD sweeper has transformed himself into a one-man compost maker using all the fallen leaves he rakes up in his assigned zone in Taman Gamelan, a housing estate in Nibong Tebal.

Every morning, Khairul Anuar, 27, cleans up his area and with about 100 trees in the neighbourhood, he handles quite a lot of leaf-litter.

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