CC-082 · Waste · Construction waste
35 quarries for construction waste
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The claim
ERA: 35 quarries are licensed to receive construction and excavation waste.
- Who
- Environment and Resources Authority (ERA)
- Where
- Environment and Resources Authority, Marsa
- Wording
- Paraphrase: locate quote
Context
MaltaToday found only a handful actually accept waste; many are still extracting stone.
Limitations
Candidate from the 4 Oct 2026 intake: wording paraphrased from a locator source; read the primary text before any report.
What it will be tested against
ERA licence register; quarry intake returns.
Sources
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35 quarries licensed to receive construction waste, Newsbook, n/d.
Original · Archived copy
Locates the claim.
Right of reply
Not applicable until a draft verdict exists.
Connections
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Who made it
Environment and Resources Authority (ERA)
Other claims by Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) 7
- CC-002 Comino tree compensation (Largely supported)
- CC-034 Air Quality Plan 'already yielding results' (Not substantiated)
- CC-036 Construction dust 'a nuisance, not a health issue' (not yet checked)
- CC-038 Saharan dust behind PM10 spikes (not yet checked)
- CC-051 'Over 30% of our seas protected' (Misleading)
- CC-052 Fish-farm slime 'promptly contained' (not yet checked)
- CC-057 1,649 compensation trees (not yet checked)
Linked directly 1
Claims that share a theme with this one. A theme is a cause, a mechanism, a target or a way of presenting figures that the editors have found in several claims; its strength says how close the link is.
Waste and construction Shared material flow · Weak (indicative)
Inert mineral waste dominates Malta's recycling statistics, which ties waste claims to development projects. ERA and NSO confirm construction waste was about 2.2 of 2.9 Mt generated in 2023; the link to specific projects is still indicative.
Two steps away 1
Not linked to this claim directly, but linked to a claim that is. These are found by following the links, not chosen by the editors, so they are looser: they show where one theme meets another.
- CC-017 Land reclamation outside the Freeport (Not substantiated)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and construction
Three steps away 7
One step further again. At this distance a connection says more about how the themes fit together than about this claim.
- CC-002 Comino tree compensation (Largely supported)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and constructionCC-017Waste and construction
- CC-004 'Strong progress' in waste separation (Not substantiated)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and constructionCC-017Waste and construction
- CC-008 Flyovers and congestion (Not substantiated)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and constructionCC-017Waste and construction
- CC-013 Permits keep property prices in check (Largely supported)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and constructionCC-017Planning, housing and land take
- CC-014 Fewer enforcement notices, fewer illegalities (Misleading)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and constructionCC-017Planning, housing and land take
- CC-018 IMF 'confirms' MDA on housing (Largely supported)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and constructionCC-017Planning, housing and land take
- CC-019 830,000 m2 of land lost in five years (Not substantiated)through Waste and constructionCC-063Waste and constructionCC-017Planning, housing and land take
Similar wording
Claims whose own words overlap with this one, with the words they share. Found by comparing the wording of the claims, not their verdicts; a lead to read them together, not a finding.
- CC-063 Construction waste: 'standstill' warning (Not substantiated)shares: waste, construction
- CC-036 Construction dust 'a nuisance, not a health issue' (not yet checked)shares: construction, era
Timeline
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2026
- 4 October 2026 Added to the claims to check
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