Valletta council to suggest morning hours for waste collection

The Valletta local council will be suggesting alternate waste collection times after proposed pick-up slots irked residents. Valletta mayor Alexiei Dingli yesterday told the Times of Malta that a morning pick-up time, somewhere between 6am and 8am, would be put forward in a list of proposals next month – to look out for those residing in the capital. Valletta 2018 Parliamentary Secretary Deo Debattista launched a consultation on waste collection with residents and business owners in Valletta earlier this month. The city, he said, had experienced a social, cultural and economic boom and while this must be celebrated the country also had to address its repercussions. “One of these problems is the excessive generation of domestic and commercial waste in the city,” he pointed out. READ: Collecting waste in Valletta costs five times the national average The consultation period comes to a close in two weeks. The Chamber for Small and Medium Enterprises has suggested pick up times between midnight and 3am, and 3pm and 5pm. Chamber CEO Abigail Mamo said the proposed time slots were primarily based on suggestions from the business community. “Our members are businesses, be it retail,...