Greasing wheels of green move: Prawn fritter seller YH Chew pouring used cooking oil into a container before handing it to a recycled oil collector at her stall in Weld Quay, George Town. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
Penang Island City Council (MBPP) will soon make it compulsory for food operators to collect used cooking oil to recycle at designated centres.
The island’s mayor Datuk A. Rajendran said presently, the city council found that used cooking oil was making its way into the sewerage system and eventually the rivers and sea, polluting the environment.
