The number of garbage bag dispensing machines across Bahrain is set to increase, with a senior municipal official maintaining the service is operating efficiently despite complaints from some councillors calling for a return to traditional handouts at municipal offices.
Northern Municipality director-general Mohammed Al Sehli said demands by members of the Northern Municipal Council to resume manual distribution from municipal offices were ‘simply not logical’, stressing that the hi-tech automated machines have made the free service more accessible than ever before .
