600 tons of rubbish collected in holiday clean-up
(CNS): Residents threw out more than 600 tons of bulk waste from their homes and yards across the Cayman Islands over the period of the Department of Environmental Health’s annual holiday collection. The free bulk waste collection service ends this Friday, as teams from the DEH clear up in West Bay. Officials said that once the collection is over, residents should not put waste on the roadside or at temporary district drop-off points as these will no longer be serviced.
The DEH thanked residents for using the service and urged them to take any bulk materials that were missed during this month-long collection to the George Town Landfill or book a grab truck collection service from DEH.
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Category: Environmental Health, Health
After reading a heartbreaking Compass’ article today on misfortunate GT family and seeing a seemingly usable mattress (compared to mattresses in Compass photos) on the above photo, I see deep disconnect here. Nobody knew about that family??? How could they slip through the cracks on the 2 x 4 rock?
How many more like them out there?
Do you have Habitat For Humanity here?
What about putting the garbage in concrete vaults and sinking it at sea? We could also strip old cars of hazardous materials and dump them at sea to form artificial reefs as well. It is time to think outside the box.
I’ve been saying it for years, fly tipping is the way to go.
Put it on top the WORST environmental issue in Cayman and the one that’s the most overlooked by the Leberial Koolaid pushers! The hell with the PORT and PLASTIC! FIX THE DUMP!!!!!
What is a leberial?
That number seems highly inflated. 600 tonnes is 1,200,000 lbs…
Doesn’t anyone recycle their rubbish on this island? Most countries do these days or face penalties. This island is going to sink to the bottom of the Caribbean Sea if anymore trash is being dumped on that infamous dump!! You aren’t a third world country Cayman. Money is in abundance there. Get your act together and introduce this much needed facility. It’s not rocket science. If CIG want to spend money send their personnel to the U.K. to see how it’s done!…..money well spent! Not on Jolly Boys outings to the South of France!
They always deny it but as a regular caller at the recycling bins, I see nearly all the contributors are expatriate, I chat with them, so the locals need to get on board if this is going to work.
Well, after West Bay is finished that’s another 600 tons.
Waste management should be a year-long operations. Very third-world with these annual Nice and garbage collection programs at Christmas!
Thank you DEH for your Service. We have noticed the vast improvement. Happy Christmas!!
Sadly, it all goes to the Dump
… and they don’t even attempt to separate the plant material from the trash. Where is the compost facility that the government has been promising for 10 years or more?