A case against the director of Waste Oils, Carmelo Falzon, started being heard in court this morning after Labour MP Leo Brincat last week asked the police to start criminal action against the waste oils recycling plant in Marsa after it illegally dumped oil-contaminated water in the sewage system.

Waste Oils, is a subsidiary of the Falzon Group and is situated near Hexagon House where noxious fumes occasionally fill the air.

In 2009, while investigating possible sources of bad smells in the area, planning authority environment inspectors had found that the company was illegally discharging oil-contaminated water into the sewage system.

Last year in Parliament, the Prime Minister said the Malta Environment and Planning Authority had asked the Water Services Corporation to initiate legal action against the company.

However, parliamentary replies given last month indicated that no legal action was taken against the company, although inspections carried out after the reported incident showed the company had rectified its actions.

Mr Brincat said last week he was constrained to refer the matter to the police because the authorities had procrastinated for more than two years and the case risked being time barred.

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