The European Commission has taken a leap forward in tackling plastic pollution, with new laws to reduce throwaway single-use plastics....
Press Releases
Townsquare project permit revoked
The Planning Authority’s appeals tribunal has revoked a permit for the 38-storey Sliema Townsquare project In a joint statement, Friends...
EU-wide ban on bee-harming pesticides passed
Tremendous victory for our bees and the wider environment. EU governments today passed a total ban on bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides...
Plastic packaging failing to prevent food waste crisis, new study finds
Europeans produce amongst the highest amounts of plastic packaging waste globally A rise in plastic food packaging is failing to...
Press Conference: Do Not Bury Us Alive
Today, residents, local councils and NGOs have come together to express their concerns at the project proposed by the db...
FoE Malta welcomes valley restoration programme with pollinators in mind
Demands pollinators strategy for Malta Friends of the Earth Malta welcomes the recent announcement by the Ministry for the Environment...
The national waste dilemma
Għallis, the last remaining engineered landfill in Malta is now within a matter of months, not years, of reaching its...
FoE Malta recommends holistic policy for trees
Submission of Friends of the Earth Malta in response to Public Consultation – Trees and Woodlands Protection Regulations & Guidelines...
Nature Therapy open day at Villa Chelsea
Together, Friends of the Earth Malta and the Richmond Foundation, have designed and implemented the Nature Therapy project. Through workshops...
EU fails to seize opportunity to end glyphosate
The European Commission and EU Member States have failed to halt the use of the herbicide glyphosate by supporting a...
Reaction to Prime Minister’s Zonqor Campus Comments
Friends of the Earth Malta together with the undersigned coalition of eNGOs notes the prudent statements made by the Prime...
Plastic Free Pledge initiative launched
Initiative launched as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction Friends of the Earth Malta has launched its Plastic...