Marsaxlokk local council has directed its contractor not to collect waste left by restaurants in the locality.
In a statement, it said it was responsible for the collection of household waste, but businesses were supposed to have arrangements with a private contractor to collect their waste.
While most establishments did indeed have their private contractor, some had continued to abuse, taking their waste out to be collected by the council’s contractor, at a cost to the council.
The council said that since its warnings had been ignored, it had told its contractor to only collect household waste.