Students collect 150,000kg of recyclable waste

SMK Convent Pulau Tikus principal Khaw Juat Woon (third left) and her students rejoicing after receiving the prize for the highest recyclablematerials collected per head during the campaign.

STUDENTS from various schools in Penang became top environmental saviours after collecting about 150,000kg of recyclable materials in a campaign.

The haul was from efforts of students in 109 pre-schools, 23 kindergartens, 49 primary schools and 37 secondary schools during the nine-month campaign from Jan 1 to Sept 30.