Quantity of used car oil found in Marsaxlokk dump

Marcel Mizzi

Jun 29th 2010, 07:13

Brace yourself people. With skips now costing 100 euro there is going to be lots more rubbish like this dumped all over the countryside. It is not logical that the government makes a show like this one to try to convince us that we are all for the environment and then at the same time raise the landfill fees forcing skip companies to raise their prices ! Talk about shooting yourself in the foot !

Joseph A.Borda

Jun 28th 2010, 17:06

Well done guys.....keep going this way..thanks also to Minister George Pullicino for his kind interest............Keep doing your good Job....South of Malta need more clean ups like this one.....in several areas

Rita abela

Jun 28th 2010, 16:56

The Public Cleansing Department in the first half of this year removed some 9,000 tons of waste from the streets. During the same period is handled 7,000 calls for the collection of bulky refuse. 50,000 tons of waste were collected at the Civic Amenity Sites. SO PETER BORG THERE IS MORE OF A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY HERE ! due credit to the workers who carry out this work on a daily basis and to WasteServ and Government for providing the 5 Civic Amenity Sites !

Tony Falzon

Jun 28th 2010, 16:40

This country is filled with investigators ready to say the authorities what to do. But no one is ready to give a helping hand to clean the mess !

N.Calleja

Jun 28th 2010, 15:45

Some of us are really a disgrace to the nation. With all the bulky refuse service so handy, I think that this filth is generated on purpose

Marcel Dingli

Jun 28th 2010, 15:10

Was that the plasmon baby`s chair at the end of the video?

Peter Borg

Jun 28th 2010, 13:03

Tindunaw bit telqa li ghaddej minnu l-pajjiz imbghad meta jsir xi haga nippupaw sidirna!... fejn konna qeghdin? min mhux qed jaghmel xoghlu?.. min suppost jissorvelja?... ghaliex issa?.. jew biex taparsi arawni?... bhal dal-post hemm mijja ohra bhalu kullimkien mitluq ghar rihu!... kollox photo opp naghmlu Malta!!..

Albert Bezzina

Jun 28th 2010, 12:46

Used car oil it may very well contain, but why not used truck oil or used bus oil or used commercial vehicle oil or used fishing vessel oil (M'Xlokk!!! - HALLOWWWW) or used marine pleasure craft oil. Why not engine oil or is it conveniant to blame the 'car', scapegoat for all the environmental ills on the Island. The culpret at the end is the unprofessional Neandarthal who dumped the drums there in the first place. A serious technical investigation could locate the original source and the perpetrator fined and made to pay for the investigation AND another four like it for when the need arises! The evidence, as the video clip shows, is simply dumped away with all traces of the souce and the perpetrator being lost.

Roderick Cutajar

Jun 28th 2010, 12:42

Nowhere in the article does it say there is a search for the culprits. It seems all the ministry can do is clean up after someone else's mess, and at the taxpayer's expense. How come that no action is taken against these irresponsible people. All those empty jerrycans and used oil surely could be traced to it's owner.

J Barbara

Jun 28th 2010, 12:27

Mhux ovvju xoghol min hu dan? Min jiffrekwenta dawk l-inhawi? Ma tridx tmur l-universita biex tgharaf min huma l-hatja. Dawk li qatt ma hamlu lill-Maltin igawdu l-pajsagg nadif u sabieyh. Dawk li qatt ma hamlu ghasfur itir liberu.

Jesmond Micallef

Jun 28th 2010, 12:27

Well done to those who organised this clean up operation and the removal of the very hazardous used engine oil. I sincerely hope that people stop dumping stuff around in the country side, once and for all. !!

Stephen Koludrovic

Jun 28th 2010, 11:34

Would it be too much to ask to put a few skips in certain localities, that way some of this illegal dumping might possibly be reduced.

Karl Consiglio

Jun 28th 2010, 11:22

Where it not for Pullicino some people would have this country turned into a mess.

daniel zerafa

Jun 28th 2010, 11:11

Fl ahhar xi hadd indenja ruhu jaghti tikka kas.. grazzi!!

Charles Busuttil

Jun 28th 2010, 11:07

Minister Pullicino said 'it was shameful that so much waste had been dumped in this scenic area'. I find this statement quite ironic coming from someone who was quite vociferous in the powerstation extention debates. This extension, as it is now proposed, will do more than harm this scenic area, it will RUIN it completely beyond repair.

J Brownie

Jun 28th 2010, 10:39

The dumped used oil is disgrace but at least can be contained with some difficulties- my fear is that it represents a tiny proportion of the amount that is actually poured into the drains by irresponsible mechanics and even individuals who opt to change their own car oil by themselves.

Pierre Vella

Jun 28th 2010, 10:33

I would kindly ask the Hon Minister to visit the yacht Marina @ Gzira where some actually dumped used engine oil next to the recycle bins. It was obvious from where the oil originated consider the mess on the quay. This was witnessed yesterday evening.

It is a really disgrace and downright pathetic how certain people could be so downright irresponsible. .