During 2024, increases were registered for the waste input into the Tal-Kus (Gozo) waste transfer station – which showed an increase of 829 tonnes, registering a total of 17,535 tonnes for that period, the National Statistics Office said today.

On a national basis, the total amount of generated waste in 2024 amounted to 3.5 million tonnes and increased by 17.6% over 2023.

The NSO stated that backfilling of mineral waste from construction and demolition surged by 58.0%, recycling for this waste category declined by 13.6%.

Mineral waste generation increased by 21.8%, non-mineral waste increased by 2.2%.

The NSO noted that waste treatment totalled 3.0 million tonnes, increasing by 14.6% over 2023.

Increases were registered for door-to-door collections from households for the organic bag (2,444 tonnes), the grey bag (834 tonnes) and glass (299 tonnes) as well as the Beverage Container Refund Scheme (887 tonnes).

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