Coupons for waste collection bags!

JOHN SCERRI

Apr 3rd 2008, 07:46

It seems disagreement exists on where the bags should be . Simple - Place them in all supermarkets and grocery stores. Those are the places where one goes often .
Yes - coupons are a means of control - use them to collect the bags when you go shopping.
If you run out of bags - you will need to buy them. So it is also important to compress all waste in order for it to occupy the least space in the bag - this will make the bag last longer and hold more items.

Corinne Vella

Apr 2nd 2008, 23:10

There is the option of buying the bags, rather than picking them up for free, isn't there? And, as someone pointed out here, the bring-in sites are available 24/7.

Joseph Grech-Attard

Apr 2nd 2008, 23:10

Coupons for waste-bags, free rice and biscuits, 5 free low-energy lamps.......are we going back to C.A.R.E. and ration cards??

Torbjörn Bergström

Apr 2nd 2008, 21:38

The sorting of rubbish in Malta is long overdue! We must take care of our beautiful islands. One of the first things foreigners notice when arriving in Malta is the abundance of trash lying around. Most countries in Europe separate and recycle their waste. In Sweden, for example, people buy their own bags, red for burnable green for compost. At the dump they are separated for the production of electricity and biogas. It's inconvenient in the beginning but everyone gets used to it and Nature profits. Take care of Malta and preserve it for posterity!

Edward Grech

Apr 2nd 2008, 20:57

Actually, not only is “no improvement at all” but indeed a step backwards – bring-in sites are available 24/7, the local councils are not.

erica borg

Apr 2nd 2008, 20:25

Although i do agree with some points mentioned by mr. grech, i still feel that we are making an improvement., at least we now have the choice of leaving our waste to be collected. Im sure that there still will be people who will opt for the bring in sites. These bags can be an issue tough, as they complicate matters. I wonder how many bags can be collected at a time... if we are restricted to a couple of bags than this will not work. Will the councils be consistent ? Or will we be faced with a situation whereby we go to collect the bags just to be informed that there aren't any ! I however will keep encouraging these initiatives as at least they bring awareness to the matter.

Edward Darmanin

Apr 2nd 2008, 20:09

Both my wife and myself work, and not in our town of residence. Can you tell me how we are going to exchange these blessed coupons!

Maria Bray

Apr 2nd 2008, 19:13

I was speaking about this subject with my colleagues and they are complaining because they have to wash and delable the tin and aluminium cans before throwing them away... the simplest of tasks! Do you think that anyone of them is going to be bothered with finding time to go to the LC office to pick the bags? I agree that instead of posting the coupons they should post the bags. I don't mind going to the LC office to pick the bags (I've already been there twice for the bags to no avail) but how many people are willing to go out of their way to do so?

John Azzopardi

Apr 2nd 2008, 17:39

I totally agree with Mr Grech's observations. The new system still requires people to go somewhere - therefore nothing has changed from the current system requiring people to go to the bring-in sites. The objective should be to encourage people to separate waste by making collection easy. This system is no improvement at all.

Adrian Gauci

Apr 2nd 2008, 17:12

It's unbelievable how simple things are made difficult. Most people won't collect the plastic bags from local councils. A number of bags should be posted to each household every month to make it easy for every person to contribute in waste separation.

Anthony Borg

Apr 2nd 2008, 17:08

Absolutely right. we make the simplest thing complicated.
Please do not forget to take your ID card, Passport and driving licence to collect your bag!!!!

Edward Grech

Apr 2nd 2008, 15:19

How stupid. Instead of making it as simple as possible in order to encourage those people who couldn’t care less, they make it as complicated as possible, and discouraging even to me, who finds no problem to separate my waste into glass/paper/metal/plastic and carry it to the bring-in site.

Why don’t they just post the bags, instead of posting coupons exchangeable for bags?

And why do we need special bags after all? Doesn’t that make it unnecessarily complicated? Is it for the bags to be distinguishable? Can't we take them out on a special day on which other refuse will not be collected (e.g. Sunday), or in a special time slot (e.g. after the normal refuse is collected), or in a special coloured bag, or a bag with a special sticker attached to it (of which they can post us a sheet)? Or why not use a plastic/metal bin as we used to do in the past? Wouldn't that be more environmentally-friendly?