Ten quarries get ERA permit to start receiving construction and demolition waste

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) Board yesterday granted ten environmental permits which will allow ten quarries in the limits of Mqabba, Siggiewi and Iklin to be authorised to accept inert, construction and demolition waste for disposal purposes.

One of these sites has also been permitted to accept clean C&D waste for recycling purposes.

The permits include conditions to ensure that such activities are carried out in accordance to the best environmental practices to achieve the required level of environment protection for the surroundings, ERA said.

These conditions oblige operators to adhere with parameters on the quality of material that may be accepted at these sites, waste acceptance procedures, the control of mud and debris from the site operations, and other operational requirements.

These permits also provide for a number of monitoring obligations, which operators are to fulfil throughout the validity of the permits.

All these permits are also subject to a bank guarantee which is aimed to ascertain compliance with environmental obligations All documents will be made available online here – https://era.org.mt/en/Pages/Quarries%20permitted.aspx once the permit has been validated through the payment of the bank guarantee.