Scrap 'amateurish' recycling regulations and start fresh - PN

Waste regulations enacted last month are riddled with mistakes and must be repealed to avoid plunging thousands of households into chaos, the Nationalist Party said on Tuesday afternoon.

The call was made at a news conference held after the Opposition tabled a motion to repeal Legal Notice 296, which was published by the Environment Ministry on September 20.The legal notice was introduced ahead of the launch of nationwide collection of white bag organic waste from households, which is set to begin at the end of October.

Last week, The Sunday Times of Malta reported that most localities were exempted from the white bag collection roster, even though the scheme will be introduced across all Malta and Gozo. The oversight was even more embarrassing as the same ministry is mounting an aggressive campaign to raise awareness about these changes, which seek to increase the volume of domestic waste being recycled.

PN deputy leader David Agius described the regulations as testament to a government with no serious plan on recycling and the environment.

Environment shadow minister Jason Azzopardi, who tabled the motion together with Opposition whip Robert Cutajar, remarked that these...