Pupils in dismay over cig butts and empty bottles strewn on beach


Joint effort: Pupils and teachers from SK Convent Green Lane segregating the rubbish they collected into different piles during the Penang World Cleanup Day 2022 in Batu Ferringhi. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Pupils who took part in the Penang World Cleanup Day 2022 at a beach here were dismayed to find the wanton discard of cigarette butts and empty alcohol bottles.

Qustina Norashid, Nur Alisha Mohd Ithris, Heidi Ong and C. Gunasundari, all 12, were disappointed to see other litter as well, including plastic spoons, tin cans and cigarette boxes, strewn along the Batu Ferringhi beach.

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