Festival waste fuels green energy

Wira Kuning at work: MBPP workers cleaning the coconut shells along Jalan Datuk Keramat during the Thaipusam celebration in George Town, Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

MBPP initiative sees Thaipusam coconuts converted into biofuel

GEORGE TOWN: Instead of being wasted, some 45 tonnes of coconuts smashed during Thaipusam here will be converted into biofuel under the Penang Island City Council’s (MBPP) green initiative.