A new door-to-door service collecting glass will be held every first Friday of the month across Malta under the GreenPak scheme.
It starts in Paola today.
In Gozo, the service will operate every first Thursday of the month.
Mario Schembri, GreenPak Coop Society CEO, said that locality waste management played a critical part in the national recycling effort. “The new glass collection scheme is another step in the right direction towards increasing the recovery of recyclable materials in a more sustainable and feasible way.”
He referred to recent statistics which showed that 3,200 tons of glass waste was generated every year by the 35 localities served by GreenPak.
GreenPak’s recycling advisers are visiting households to explain the new glass collection service. Residents will have to place their waste glass in cardboard boxes behind their doors. Upon collection, these boxes will be left behind the door to be reused.
Each household will also be given a free roll of recycling bags for plastic, paper and metal for GreenPak’s Recycling on Tuesdays door-to-door collection.
For more information call GreenPak on 2166 0233 or e-mail info@greenpak.com.mt.