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[WATCH] Organic waste collection: Jose Herrera hails ‘historic moment’
Organic waste will start being collected three times a week from 31 October in a bid to remove 16,000 tonnes of food waste that ends up in the black bag
17 October 2018, 2:17pm
Karl Azzopardi
Karl Azzopardi
1 min read
Taking out the wrong bag will incur fines
Organic waste collection: Jose Herrera hails ‘historic moment’
People become more conscious of the amount of food that goes to waste when they start recycling, a pilot project to separate organic waste has shown.
Environment Minister Jose Herrera said awareness on food waste increased in those households that took part in the project ahead of a nationwide rollout of organic waste collection on 31 October.
Jose Herrera has described the nationwide collection of organic waste as a historic moment. (Photo: James Bianchi/MediaToday)
Herrera described this as “a historic moment” for waste collection in the country.
Organic waste will have to start being thrown away in white bags that will be collected on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Herrera said that 40% of waste thrown away in black bags was organic. This amounted to 16,000 tonnes.
Enforcement will be carried out but for the first few months only warnings will be issued by means of stickers that will be stuck on inappropriate bags.
Karl Azzopardi is Online Editor and an IGM press awards (Human Stories) winner of 2019
