MPSP: Palette factory at dumpsite began operations before licence approved

Penang Department of Environment officers checking the waste at the illegal dumpsite near Machang Bubok in Bukit Mertajam.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A wooden palette processing factory within the illegal dumpsite in Machang Bubok here is believed to have begun operations before it obtained a licence from the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP).

A worker at the factory, who declined to be named, said the factory started operating since two years ago, processing 95% recycled palettes and only 5% of it was new.