Tuesday, 16th June 2009 - 10:32CET
Newly installed charcoal bins at Ghadira stolen
A number of new charcoal bins installed at Ghadira beach over the past weekend have already been stolen, Resources Minister George Pullicino complained today.
He was speaking at Ghadira where he explained that the beach cleaning system had been reformed.
He said the old waste bins are being replaced by sets of grey and green wheelie bins, the former for recyclable materials and the other for the remaining waste.
Mr Pullicino said the new bins were installed at Ghadira last week, but many people still threw their litter in the sand, despite having not more than 15m to walk to the nearest bin.
The minister said the beaches have been placed in three categories.
Class A blue-flagged beaches such as Bugibba, Ghadira, St George's Bay, Pretty Bay and Golden Sands are being cleaned between 6 a.m., and 6 p.m. by uniformed beach cleaners.
Class B beaches such as Armier, Gnejna and Mistra will be cleaned twice a day and the others once a day, because they are less popular.
Mr Pullicino said his ministry is also replacing other beach funiture and installing 140 new beach ladders.
The ministry had collected some 8,000 tons of algae from the beaches over the past weeks.
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If the authorities would like to have clean undergrounds no vandalism and similar mishaps there is a very easy solution: Spend some good money to film these perpetrators vandalising and then screen them on local TV stations showing full blown faces.
"Morti di fame sabih!....issa johorgu il bonds u tara kif jixorbuhom. "
Ma nafx x'isejjahlu bniedem li jisrah landa taz-zibel?!!! Bond huma investimenti fl-arja... Hawn min qed ifalli ghax kellu hafna bonds!
Taf x kien jonqsok izzid....li min ha l-bins halla nota warajh, li hu tal PL!!!
U ejja come on!!!
Until people who litter or vandalise public property are made an example of,.. and I mean HARSH fines... there will always be beaches to clean
Everyone should make a small effort to promote a better looking and organized Maltese environment. Policy coordination between different ministries and administrative levels (even at local level) can help in creating more sense of pride and respect towards our environment.
Morti di fame sabih!....issa johorgu il bonds u tara kif jixorbuhom. EDUKAZZJONI U RISPETT LEJN IL PROXXMU M'HAWNX!
What this and other similar acts clearly indicates is a prevalent lack of national civil pride. Some people think that only their domestic confines matter and the rest can be abused.
We need a strong educational campaign starting at schools. But it is not teaching that the action is wrong that should be stressed but the WHY or WHY NOT !!! People need to learn why they should act one way and not the other!
Cameras could be a deterrent plus provide security. I also agree that much much heftier penalties should be imposed on those caught vandalsing or in any way mistreating such public facilities. They should be publicly shamed by having them and their wrongdoing publicly exposed ! If they have no personal shame perhaps they might have their families' image at heart, hopefully !
I believe that the majority of the Maltese population are not of this same ilk and they should not suffer the ills of the minority.
Il politika qed titlalek al rasek. Inwahhlu f gonzi habba l bram ukoll??
Ahmar biss tara... u qed tamel hazin siehbi...ax b kulur wiehed ma tpengi xej sura!!
Imbad meta kemm kemm tmiss il-yellow line bil-karozza, minghajr ma tkun qed ittellef il-hadd, pront pront iwehhillek citazzjoni!
Lill onorevoli Pullicino pero nitolbu biex il bajjiet ihalluhom ghal familji u mhux bil fors ikollok tikri umbrella u is siggijjiet bieh tmur gurnata bahar. Jien dik li qisek qieghed il knisja wiehed wara l iehor ma togobniex u fuq kollox dawn qed jghamlu il liri minn fuq il poplu ghas spejjes tal poplu, ghax dawn tal beach concessions suppost li inadtfu huma.
So you know who they are Mr. Galea? Why is it that just because Karl Abela wrote political vandalism you assume straight away he's pointing the finger at your party. You're not the only ones in the country you know.
Going to vandalism and carelessness on our beaches, one could always employ a beach warden who's job would be to make sure that: 1. Beach users leave it clean when time to go. 2. Beach furniture is not stolen. 3. Keep an eye on swimmers (sort of lifegaurd) and maybe other chores. Obviously, this would only be for the swimming season.
ALMOST CERTAINLY you see a political motive behind every vandalism act that happens in Malta!
Vandalism has no political colour, it is just another negative aspect coming from man.
Therefore stop generalising as that is another negative aspect coming from the Maltese.
Get real for once and be positive.
Funily enough, things go missing when ever the grass cutters turn up. I hope the ministry investigates!
Introduce corporal punishment;
or
Close off beaches and make controlled entrance/exits
or
Invest in a public places wardens (beaches, gardens, parks) that open the sites at dawn and close them at dusk. This is what is done in various locations and that works. THey should be armed with video cameras to take pictures of litterers and present them to the police together with details.
25 staff @ 20K EUR salary/year, 30K EUR for two supervisors and one manager at 40K EUR.
Total cost is 600,000 EUR per year. Stretch it to 1 Million EUR per year for equipment, awareness, basic maintenance and start real enforcement. Add changes to laws so that culprits are automatically given options of either jail or community service and let's see if this does the trick!
Imma kemm hawn nies injoranti!!
An immediate fine on the spot will play the trick. They will think twice next time.
This is the kind of action we demand from the authorities.
Wardens should be available on beaches taking care also of such issues such as littering.. But I cannot understand why some people find it so difficult to keep a small bag where they can put the litter in and then throw all away. Do not blame only us Maltese I saw many tourists especially those students that left a lot of litter on beaches behind them.
Political vandalism ? what you`re saying, this is one reason for what our country never improve, we want to involve always politics. This was just vandalism and nothing else.
Believe it if you will but no, I have never ever dropped a matchstick or littered in my life. Since I was a young boy I have always loved the environment and I even used to take my bus tickets all the way home and drop them in the bin at home. I don't know about you but from the way you reacted to my comment I suspect in your caseyou are not in a position to throw stones because as the saying goes you have to be pure to exorcise.
Ghax il-Malti meta tmisslu l-but jitghallem.
Political vandalism Karl?
Is this what pn supporters used to do during Labour administration?
As the saying goes, it takes a thief to catch a thief.
Those who stole them are simply vandals and have no political allegiance.
I will leave vindictive and cruel punishments to the minds of people like vpulis - who I am sure has never dropped a matchstick in the street.
A country without shame.
This country will never learn. Almost certainly , this was political vandalism. There are many individuals in this country who cannot stand to see progress being made. Without a doubt, the reform of our beaches has hurt alot of people who abused for years and have turned against the government. So its not all that difficult to understand what happened.
This is exactly the same political motivation which motivated the destruction of hundreds of trees in Mellieha which had incidentally just been planted by the government and had cost the tax payers thousands of euros.
Viva Malta w l-Maltin.
What I fail to understand is why we Maltese have such lack of pride and behave this way here,yet go abroad and marvel ourselves about cleanliness of other countires and their beaches.Im positive that most of us wouldnt even think about littering when abroad.We should be mature enough not to litter etc,etc not because we get a fine if we do it but because on the short/long term we are harming ourselves(e.g tourism industry),its useless having MTA and the govt spending money to promote Malta when we dont even do our bit except when its time to grumble and moan.
Tourism Journalist and media Presenter
Pathetic!
I bet it is just stupidity injected in our Maltese DNA.
Mention flower pots on roundabouts, "warning" lamps in construction sites /roads
Shame on us Maltese!
Tourism Journalist and Media Presenter
In most foreign countries they have park rangers. Can't we have beach 'rangers'???