Experts: Adopt greener approach to waste disposal


Major clean-up: Garbage disposal work operating as usual at the Pulau Burung landfill near Ladang Byram in Nibong Tebal. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

NIBONG TEBAL: Waste disposal experts have urged the Penang government to adopt a modern and greener approach when it comes to waste management.

Environmentalist Datuk G. Parameswaran said the state government should look into moving from the conventional mode of handling waste into new technology in the future.

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