Getting stuck behind a stinky rubbish truck while driving through a town will be added to Malta’s intangible cultural heritage.
The move comes after it emerged the government was studying a proposal to gradually by various local councils to phase out door-to-door waste collection and instead have residents drop their rubbish off at designated points for pick-up.
Intangible cultural heritage is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill considered by UNESCO to be part of a place’s cultural heritage.
Getting stuck behind a stinky rubbish truck was submitted by Culture Minister Jose Herrera in an attempt to safeguard the tradition.
“I disagree with changing the current waste collection system. Turning a corner only to find yourself trapped behind a rubbish truck and fuming impatiently as your nostrils are filled with the stench of rotting garbage is a quintessentially Maltese experience. The country just wouldn’t be the same without it,” Herrera told Bis-Serjetà.
The minister also pointed out other aspects of the tradition that would be lost if people were to take their waste to a bring-in site.
“Street corners piled high with rubbish…bin bags ripped apart by stray cats…pavements stained with bin juice. All this would have been lost if I hadn’t steppedd in.
“St Paul’s Bay would barely be worth visiting anymore,” he added.
Getting stuck behind a stinky rubbish truck will join the ftira as Malta’s entries on UNESCO’s list. Last year, the government failed in an attempt to get the phrase ‘Go back to your country’ added to the list.
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