in 2024

… the collection of separated dry recyclables through door-to-door collection was lower than in 2020 for Malta region by 17.9 per cent and for Gozo and Comino region by 2.7 per cent.

… the collection of separated dry recyclables through bring-in sites was 16.0 per cent less than in 2020 in the Malta region, whereas in the Gozo and Comino it decreased by 46.2 per cent to 274 tonnes.

… the collection of mixed paper, plastic and metal (grey/green bag) in MALTA accounted for the largest share (86.3 per cent) of the door-to-door collection of dry recyclables and registered a decrease of 19.6 per cent over 2020.

… in the Malta region, the collection of glass constituted the highest share of all materials collected through bring-in sites, at 70.6 per cent. Conversely, in the Gozo and Comino region, the collection of paper represented the highest share of all materials collected through bring-in sites, standing at 68.4 per cent.

… waste collected from civic amenity sites in Malta region decreased by 1,581 tonnes over 2020 to 31,840 tonnes.

… 94.2 per cent of all waste collected from civic amenity sites in MALTA was classified as non-hazardous.

… municipal waste generation in MALTA amounted to 353,525 tonnes, an increase of 6.9 per cent for Malta region and an increase of 3.7 per cent in the Gozo and Comino region over 2020.