THE Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has launched a new recycling centre in the Macallum neighbourhood to promote environmental sustainability and improve waste management.
MBPP mayor Datuk A. Rajendran praised the city councillors for their dedication, noting that the island has now 23 recycling centres.
Rajendran highlighted the importance of effective waste management in reducing waste sent to landfills.
“The council is setting up another recycling centre on MPBB-owned land owned at Jalan D.S. Ramanathan.
“Apart from that, we are setting up an urban farming centre over there.
“This space will serve as an educational centre for recycling and upcycling, as well as a place for urban farming,” Rajendran said during the launching ceremony at Lintang Macallum yesterday.
Rajendran said that the planning work is still ongoing, and the council will provide updates on its progress.
MBPP councillor David Chen revealed that the recycling centre in the Macallum neighbourhood was established at a cost of RM10,000.
He added that the centre collaborates with the Buddhist Tzu Chi Merits Society Malaysia (Penang), a non-governmental organisation, which supplies volunteers to collect recyclable items weekly.
Meanwhile, Rajendran also shared that the council has installed sports lights at the park in the Macallum neighbourhood, a popular spot for recreational and outdoor activities, at a cost of RM150,000.
“It was requested by Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Wong Yuee Harng to enhance the safety of the park users,” he added.
Wong, who was also present, urged the community to utilise the recycling facility. He also proposed a roofed pedestrian walkway in the Macallum neighbourhood to the MBPP.
Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce (PCCC) president Datuk Seri Choot Ewe Seng was also present to support the initiative.
Others dignitaries who were present;Tanjung MP Lim Hui Ying’s representative Por Cheng Han, several MBPP councillors including Allan Lim, Buddhist Tzu Chi Merits Society Penang commissioner Datuk Khoo Boo Leong.
Story by Tanushalini Moroter
Pix by Alissala Thian