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Tourists to Penang leave trail of trash

By RENA LIM
What a mess!: A MBPP worker clearing plastic bags, food containers and bottles left by visitors at the Esplanade over the weekend. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Along with the return of tourists to Penang is the trash they leave behind.

The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) raked in 1,591 tonnes of rubbish from the streets between Friday and Sunday alone, equal to 318,200 five-kilo bags of rice.

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