It was recently reported that a man was fined by plainclothes wardens sitting in a car for disposing of his domestic waste in a transparent plastic bag and not in the usual black bag. This was in Birkirkara.

Even if a law did exist to this effect, I suggest that these two ‘birds of prey’ have a wider look around the island because disposing of waste in a transparent bags is not an isolated case. On doorsteps and in corners, one would notice all sorts of bags and containers, even milk cartons with domestic waste.

I suggest that these two plainclothes wardens find a shady spot and sit comfortably in their car for some hours in the vicinity of bring-in sites. A place which comes to mind is in upper Mosta. There, they can watch out for individuals who dispose of their waste illegally around the bins – be it old summer furniture, broken sinks and toilets, fans, televisions… the list is quite long.

Very often, items include bones from slaughtered animals, which, in this heat, become quite smelly and an attraction to rodents, to the great inconvenience of neighbours.

Reports to the Mosta council are frequent. Action is generally taken but once the surrounding area of the bins is cleaned, the culprits act again.

Besides being against the law to dispose of unwanted stuff around the bring-in sites, it is quite unnecessary as the council acts with efficiency when it is called to collect bulky refuse from households. However, certain people never learn!

I can assure these esteemed wardens that their haul will be much bigger than that experienced in Birkirkara as reported.

Education to all and sundry is a must in this country.

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