Road mess

John Psaila

Aug 9th 2011, 17:17

It is not only foreigners. Some of the residents at Belmonte Heights in St. Ignatius Junction are Maltese. When I politely told a Maltese lady that garbage was not to be brought out in the eveing her reply was that everyone else does so.

a property of the size of Belmonte heights should have its own on site skip!1

Richard Malecki

Aug 9th 2011, 14:08

In other countrys people throw garbage bags into trash container. Amazing I am on Malta 4 months and I have seen recycling bins only in one place - St George's Beach.

J. Navarro

Aug 9th 2011, 12:55

I 100% agree with the "many of whom are foreign"... Next door there used to be a chinese couple who would always put garbage bags on the pavement, without closing them properly from the top...

The worst thing is that there is a skip literally 20 seconds away!!! You have to be completely stupid not to realize...

Ms Karen Zammit Manduca

Aug 9th 2011, 11:35

Triq il-Bramel in Swieqi is exactly the same.....it must be the dirtiest street in the area and looks more like a slum.
Rubbish is taken out at any time - even by the residents themselves, who should know better, and even during the winter months, so I don't think it's a case of smells in summer. It's a case of keeping the house clean but not giving a fig about public property; it is a clear reflection of what our society has degenerated into today - utter selfishiness. Good neighbourliness is a thing of the past. This cul-de-sac even sports a dogs' latrine, a car museum, a mobile disco and a water park! Three dirty, unused cars take up precious parking spaces and collect dirt and debris around the wheels. The street sweepers haven't been seen for months.
Unfortunately, the Swieqi Local Council says it is "unable to do anything", thereby indirectly approving of the situation.

Mr Hamish Dempster

Aug 9th 2011, 07:57

This rubbish is happening all over Sliema and not just St Ignatius str. the problem lies in the collection timeing which is not right. People prefer to take out their rubbish bags later in the day then early morning for the simple reason that to keep the foul smell of left over fruit , vegetable and what not over night just does not go down well the the traditional maltese household. the only solution to the start the collection after 1 pm, other wise what eveer regulation you make these will never work.