WasteServ Malta has recently signed an agreement with all the owners of refuse collection vehicles in Gozo that will result in a marked improvement of the waste collection service in Malta’s sister island.

This agreement, the first of its type, will encourage the standardisation of all trucks providing this essential service in Gozo, while enhancing the standard of waste collection with regard to cleanliness and general appearance.

Commenting during the presentation at WasteServ’s Gozo office, chief executive officer Vince Magri said: “The aims of this agreement are to lay down requirements in black and white so that all the operators in Gozo will be expected to provide a quality service to the residents of Gozo and the Island’s many visitors. With this agreement, for example, all trucks will have to be washed and disinfected after every trip to WasteServ’s temporary waste management facility in Qortin. This will ensure that the trucks do not cause an unnecessary inconvenience while doing their day-to-day work”.

Apart from being washed and disinfected after every trip, this agreement provides that the rear of each truck should be covered while travelling on public roads when not collecting waste, that the trucks should be standardised by being painted in the same colours and that each vehicle will convey a message promoting the separation of waste.

These initiatives are all intended to set standards in waste collection while respecting the ever-increasing expectations of our dense population.