{"id":56031,"date":"2026-03-16T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/?p=56031"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:52:49","slug":"more-than-7-million-kg-of-waste-collected-from-white-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/more-than-7-million-kg-of-waste-collected-from-white-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 7 million kg of waste collected from White Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Miriam Dalli, Parliamentary Secretary Glenn Bedingfield, together with the team from Project Green and the Director General of the Cleansing and Maintenance Division (CMD) Ramon Deguara, visited the White Rocks site where they met workers currently carrying out extensive cleaning, pruning, and waste removal works.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>More than 7 million kg of waste collected from White Rocks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the visit it was explained that, so far, more than 7 million kilograms of waste have been removed from the site through 225 truck trips. This work is being carried out as part of the process to clean the area and prepare it for the national park project that will be created at this site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the decision that White Rocks would not be developed but instead transformed into a national park, one of the first things we did was close off areas that could pose a danger to people while also collecting a large amount of waste that had been dumped over the years, particularly construction waste. We are talking about large amounts of waste which, through this joint effort between Project Green and CMD, are being removed from here, revealing spaces that until recently were literally covered,\u201d said Minister Miriam Dalli.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56033\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PR260427d.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56033\" src=\"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PR260427d-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PR260427d-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PR260427d-150x100.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PR260427d.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clearing waste at White Rocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parliamentary Secretary Glenn Bedingfield remarked that this is only the beginning of the process to regenerate the site and open it to the community. \u201cA lot of work has been done, and there is still much more to be done because this is one of the projects that, as a Government, we are looking forward to completing. We have a promise to the Maltese people and we deliver on what we say,\u201d said Parliamentary Secretary Glenn Bedingfield.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cleaning of White Rocks continues in preparation for the creation of a national park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cleaning and preparation work is expected to continue in the coming months as the Government proceeds with plans to transform White Rocks into a new national park for the public.<\/p>\n<p>The works are being carried out through collaboration between Project Green and the Cleansing and Maintenance Division (CMD).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: MEEC<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_56031\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"56031\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Miriam Dalli, Parliamentary Secretary Glenn Bedingfield, together with the team from Project Green and the Director General of the Cleansing and Maintenance Division (CMD) Ramon Deguara, visited the White Rocks site where they met workers currently carrying out extensive cleaning, pruning, and waste removal works. 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