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MALTA'S ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
IN FRA$TRUCTURE HAs UN 9ERGOH E<br />
RADICAL REFORM AND NOW THE<br />
COUNTRY t5 GEARING UP FOR THE<br />
NEXT PHASE OF ITS DEYELOPMENT.<br />
As a small island economy, Malta faced sienificant<br />
infrasrmctural challenges in deafin-g<br />
with its waste management issues. Up t,r ri<br />
years ago, recycling was not widely practised<br />
and the islandk waste was disposed ofprirnar_<br />
ily through landfill. But when Malta decr.ded<br />
to join the EU, the decision was taken to lrm<br />
this challenge into an oppomrnity. The road to<br />
a greener and deaner environment has seen<br />
record investments in waste processing facil!_<br />
ties and a seisrnic shift in peoples, behalr.our<br />
towards waste and its management. The island<br />
is nowwell onits way to becomingaclean_tech<br />
economy in which waste is seen as a resout:ce.<br />
NEWDIRECTIg},I<br />
In the years since Malta joined the EU. the<br />
country's entire waste management sysl:em<br />
has been overhauled and upgraded to fireet<br />
the challenges of the island,s growing and in_<br />
creasingly diversified economy. Old landfLlls,<br />
which were once a stain on the island,s land_<br />
scape, have been closed down and rehat,ili_<br />
tated into pubtic parks and amenities. In their<br />
place, new and more environment_frienrlly,<br />
green technologies have been implemented.<br />
Households and businesses have been quick<br />
to embrace recycling and educalional efforts<br />
are having the desired effect of changing the<br />
island's culture and attitude towards environ_<br />
mental issues. With this has come a greater<br />
recognition of the need for Ma1ta to actively<br />
participate in the development of green tech_<br />
nologies.<br />
MAfTAGII{G THE FUTURE<br />
*a,rgeot rwrqtiuta,t lta.rh<br />
in thp ourilo of gUaItu<br />
To coordinate the island,s waste management<br />
srclregy, govemment established wasteserv<br />
Malta, the country's national waste manage_<br />
ment agency. wastesery has been charged<br />
with the rask of building and operating Malia,s<br />
entrre waste management infrastructure.<br />
The company is responsible for orqanis_<br />
ing, managing and operating all systeris for<br />
waste management, including programmes<br />
for minimisation, transpofi, sorting, reuse,<br />
utilisation, recycling, treatment and disposal<br />
of solid and hazardous waste. Energy pro_<br />
duction from waste has also been identified<br />
as another source of renewable energy. It is<br />
estlmated that 3.5 per cent of Malta,s energv<br />
requirements could be generated from *asie<br />
products. The first ,,energy from waste Dro_<br />
jects" have been implemented on the island<br />
and form part of Wasteserv,s and the countrv,s<br />
vision of rurning waste into a resource.O<br />
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OPPORTUI{ITY TO PR(}POSE AH<br />
I FI}TOVATIYEREN EWABLE EN ERGY<br />
TECHNOTMY M BE SI'BMITTED<br />
uryqqR THE Errs r,rER sgFrF{DtNG<br />
PRooRA$HE wn[s usrxs<br />
MALTA AS A RESEA8CH qAgE<br />
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