Malta - Malta has published the 2008 Environment Report. This report builds on the tradition of quality environmental reporting found in past editions of the State of the Environment Report in 2005, 2002 and 1998. The 2008 report has been branded to ensure that the tradition of making environmental information ever more accessible to policymakers and the public is kept up, in line with Malta’s legal obligations under the Environment Protection Act, the Aarhus Convention and related EU Directives.

The key facts of the Environment Report concerning waste management are:

* Domestic material consumption, which measures the material consumed in a national economy, fell by almost 5 percent between 2004 and 2006.
* Between 2004 and 2006, the amount of waste generated fell by over 9 percent.
* Municipal waste generated increased by 6 percent between 2004 and 2007.
* Waste recycled increased by more than 3 times between 2004 and 2008, but fell in 2008 due to weak international recycling markets.
* Domestic material consumption, which measures the material consumed in a national economy, fell by almost 5 percent between 2004 and 2006.

The report contains datasheets and indicators on domestic material consumption, waste generation, municipal waste generated and waste recycled. Maps show major waste management facilities.

More information and links under mepa.org.mt.

Quelle: Malta Environment & Planning Authority

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