However reduction targets missing and collection targets delayed Friends of the Earth Malta (FoE Malta) welcomes the EUโs finalised new laws to reduce single-use plastics. After months of intense negotiations, the EU has agreed much-anticipated laws to slash single-use plastics in the EU. The agreed text is a significant step forward in tackling plastic pollution,...
The spark that set off the 31st August Magฤงtab fire which blanketed the whole island was lit decades ago. This article was first published as part of the Isles of the Leftโs environment section Very few might imagine that what is currently referred to as Mount Magฤงtab was originally a valley. Truckloads of unseparated waste tipped their...
FoE Malta submits recommendations on single use plastics Friends of the Earth Malta (FoE Malta) welcomes the publication of the Proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment by the European Commission. It is designed to prevent and reduce the impact of certain plastic products on...
We invite people from all backgrounds who are already working (or are interested in becoming active) in the area of waste reduction, circular economy, plastic pollution, clean-ups, marine litter and other related topics, to a Networking Evening. The scope is to introduce ourselves, what we are currently working on, the projects we anticipate that we...
We are organising a two day live-in activist camp/workshop from Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th of March at Xrobb l-Gฤงaฤกin Nature Park. The scope of the event is to learn how to cut down on plastic use and waste-generation on a personal level and also how we can take action to move towards a zero-waste society....
Gฤงallis, the last remaining engineered landfill in Malta is filling to the brim and it is a matter of months, not years, until it reaches its capacity and there will be nowhere else to dump our municipal waste. This does not come as a surprise โ landfills are ultimately a temporary solution to the chronic...
Nature Therapy project brought a new concept to the clients and staff at Villa Chelsea: composting! Enthusiastic composters Alexandra...
Friends of the Earth Malta has been calling for environmental improvements since 1985 and, thirty years on we face much greater problems than we did then. While environmental awareness has increased, Malta faces a variety of environmental problems related to land use, waste, transport, agriculture, energy, the sea, and biodiversity. Malta has lost far too...
The terms of reference for the above application should consider as a minimum: the zero option: ie that the so-called interim landfills are not necessary and the option of using Maghtab until another site is determined for Maltaโs landfill is selected and prepared to accept separated waste that if it is found that Malta cannot...
During a recent meeting held between officials of the โMalta Environment and Planning Authorityโ and โFriends of the Earth (Malta)โ MEPA officials confirmed that it had received an application from government to develop an engineered landfill at either of two designated sites, at Tal-Harrub, Benghisa or Il-Ghallis taโ Gewwa. Friends of the Earth representatives were...
