WasteServ Malta Ltd. has collected around 5,320 tonnes of source-segregated bulky waste through its Civic Amenity Sites situated in Maghtab, Mriehel and Hal Far, with 32,542 vehicles making use of this service by bringing in separated waste between January and May 2008.

Comparing with the same period last year, the increase in vehicles has more than tripled while the tonnes collected have more than doubled. In fact, between January and May 2007, vehicles entering the Civic Amenity Sites amounted to 8,839 while the waste collected amounted to 2,204.1 tonnes.

"Civic Amenity Sites are gradually becoming ingrained into our society, and households are ever-increasingly responding to our request to separate waste appropriately in order to reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill" said Ing. Vince Magri, Chief Executive Officer at WasteServ Malta Ltd. "While turning it into a sustainable exercise, with these sites we also manage to reduce drastically the amount of illegal tipping throughout the country."

The WasteServ Civic Amenity Sites, or centres for bulky waste, are controlled facilities where members of the public can bring and discard a variety of waste items separately. They allow the public to drive through, to separately dispose of different materials including electronic waste, used furniture items, garden waste, cardboard, mattresses, spent medicines and waste oils. Containers to receive the waste fractions, which are normally deposited at the Bring-in Sites, are also available at these facilities.

The Sites are open to receive and assist the public from 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily, including weekends and public holidays. This project is being part-financed through the European Union Structural Funds, with an estimated value of 4.6 Million Euros, and includes five facilities (four in Malta and one in Gozo). The government is co-funding 27% of the project.

More information about WasteServ Malta Ltd. can be found on www.wasteservmalta.com or by calling the FREEPHONE 8007 2200.