Mandatory Waste Separation
Waste separation is mandatory in Malta and Gozo as from 14 April 2023. Everyone has to properly separate their waste and dispose of it in the right bins, including business, governmental and non-governmental entities as well as private homes.
By separating your waste, you are reducing the need for new landfills, increasing recycling of materials and helping to generate renewable energy, for a greener, cleaner environment and a better quality of life in Malta and Gozo.
Separate waste – your contribution for a sustainable future!
How to separate your waste
- Aluminium trays & foil (clean)
- Beverage cans
- Cardboard
- Carton food boxes (clean)
- Cooking oil bottles
- Cosmetic containers (clean)
- Detergent bottles (empty container)
- Detergent boxes
- Food cans
- Jar lids
- Liquid soap container (empty)
- Magazines
- Plastic bottles
- Margarine tubs (clean)
- Metal caps
- Milk and Juice cartons
- Newspapers
- Notebooks
- Paper
- Paper bags (clean)
- Plastic bags (clean)
- Plastic caps
- Plastic containers
- Plastic food packets
- Plastic bottles
- Polystyrene
- Shampoo bottles (empty)
- Shower gel bottles (empty)
- Spray cans (empty)
- Take-away boxes (clean)
- Toilet paper rolls
- Toiletries (clean containers)
- Yoghurt containers (clean)
- Cheese
- Coffee
- Cooked food
- Leftovers
- Cooked or raw meat
- Dairy products
- Egg and egg shells
- Expired food (without packaging)
- Fish
- Flowers
- Fruit & vegetable peels
- Honey
- Leaves
- Pasta
- Raw food
- Rotten fruit & vegetables
- Soiled newspapers
- Soiled napkins
- Sugar
- Tea bags
- Tea leaves
- Spreads (e.g. honey and butter)
- Nut shells
- Seafood shells
- Fish and meat bones
- Fruit stones
- Adhesive tape
- Soiled aluminium foil
- Baking paper
- Broken ceramics/pyrex
- Dirty food wrappers
- Cellophane tape
- Dirty-take away boxes
- Foil coated packets
- Dust
- Labels
- Photographs
- Plant pots
- Used sponges
- Sanitary items
- Shoes
- Hair (human & animal)
- Small broken mirrors
- Stickers
- Toothpaste tubes
- Used cleaning materials
- Used rubber gloves
- Used floor cloths
- Wax paper
- Wet wipes
- Cigarette butts & ashes
- Candles
- CDs
- Snack packets
- Toothpicks
- Ice lolly sticks and wooden skewers
- Twigs
- Sanitary Items
- Animal waste and pet litter
- Nappies
- Glass bottles
- Glass jars
Dispose of your glass properly. For kerbside collection, it is important to take out your glass in a reusable container. Residents can also make use of one of WasteServ’s Civic Amenity sites or Roadshow Trucks, or one of the various Bring-In Sites operated by GreenPak and GreenMT.
National Waste Collection Schedule
A new national waste collection schedule has been drawn up to streamline door-to-door waste collection around Malta and Gozo in line with what was established in the National Plan on Waste Management.
The schedule will be as follows:
Monday: Organic waste (white bag)
Tuesday: Mixed waste (black bag)
Wednesday: Organic waste only (white bag)
Thursday: Recycled waste (Grey or green bag)
Friday: Organic waste (white bag)
Saturday: Mixed waste (black bag)
The collection of glass bottles will be carried out on every first and third Friday of the month.
More information on the new schedule will be disseminated to residents from their respective councils.
This Schedule, will not have any effect on those commercial entities who have alternative arrangements for their collection of Waste.
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