Authorities perservere in efforts to create a litter free Malé
23 Jun 2014, 6:41 PM
Mariyath Mohamed
As authorities continue efforts to eradicate littering from the capital city Malé, the council has today revealed the scale of the problem.
Statistics released by Malé City Council showed the litter collected on the streets of Malé on a single day amounted to nearly one ton’s worth.
Among the waste collected was 18,499 empty bottles of water, 1,868 bottles of soft drinks, 4,198 juice packets, 8,740 soda cans, and 8,384 empty cigarette packs.
“I would like to call upon those living in Malé to keep the streets clean,” said Director General at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ahmed Naeem.
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