Skips’ removal penalises citizens

I would really love to know who in the local council of San Ġwann had the bright idea of removing all the rubbish skips from the locality. What on earth were these guys thinking? What sort of excuse is the following: “The skips were removed because some individuals were leaving rubbish outside the skips when these were found full or some others were burning them to ash”?

So, instead of actually increasing the number of skips to accommodate more rubbish and installing CCTV cameras on site to catch the culprits burning them, the council removes all the skips. It is not actually penalising the culprits but every other law-abiding citizen in the locality.

Does the council not realise that whoever was breaking the law will continue doing so by throwing rubbish wherever they deem fit, including the valleys that San Ġwann is surrounded by? By the council’s reasoning we should do away with every piece of street furniture since some individuals vandalise them quite frequently. Also, maybe we should do away with kitchen utensils since these are also used by some individuals to commit crimes.

I have a big problem with the new system. Like many others I work mostly evening and nights and as such, can’t wake up early enough in the morning just to throw away the rubbish. Also, it’s not really possible to enjoy a nice fish for dinner on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays since rubbish would be collected two days after, resulting in a fishy stench all over the apartment for those days since you can’t get rid of the rubbish until they come to collect it.

The elections for this locality cannot come early enough. I hope whoever had this bright idea comes knocking on my door so I can give them a piece of my mind. I will vote for whoever promises to bring back the skips and actually increase their number from what it was when they were removed.