The head of cleansing has expressed alarm at the rise of illegal dumping in secluded, rural areas. “We are receiving daily reports of large amounts of illegally dumped construction waste, tyres and car plastics in quiet, rural areas, some of which are frequently visited tourist pathways,” Ramon Deguara, director general of the government’s cleansing and maintenance division, told Times of Malta. “It is concerning because the problem seems to be cultural. Despite all the services we offer, some people still lack a basic sense of civic duty,” he said. While the government was well-equipped to handle these occurrences, it was costing “a lot of money and resources” to do so, he added. On Wednesday morning, Deguara took to Facebook to complain of a “shameful” lack of civic duty after the directorate was called to clean up a site in Girgenti which contained large amounts of illegally dumped waste. Illegally dumped car bumpers and construction waste at San Blas Hill, in Siġġiewi, earlier this week. Speaking to Times of Malta later, he said that between Monday and Wednesday, the cleansing division had been called to clean up at least two other sites – another one in Siġġiewi and one in...