Special bulk waste collection added for holidays
(CNS): The Department of Environmental Health is conducting a special clean-up exercise over the next two weeks to remove bulk waste for the holidays after all. The annual seasonal clean-up traditionally conducted in December moved to May this year ahead of the hurricane season, but officials said this additional collection will help with the transition.
Residents are urged to prepare and separate their items ahead of the days assigned for collection in their respective areas. Household appliances, furniture and other items too large to be handled by the weekly DEH collection crews should be placed by the roadside where it is easily accessible to collection crews.
Metals and vegetation should be separated from other bulk items. People are required to make alternative arrangements to transport to the nearest landfill any construction and demolition debris, hazardous material, electronics and tyres, as these items will not be collected during the bulk waste removal activity.
The bulk waste special collection will take place according to the following schedule:
| West Bay | 4 & 11 December |
| George Town | 5 & 12 December |
| Red Bay & Prospect | 6 & 13 December |
| Savannah & Bodden Town | 7 & 14 December |
| North Side & East End | 8 & 15 December |
| Cayman Brac and Little Cayman | 6, 9 and 13 December |
Any bulk waste that is put out after the announced dates will not be collected. However, the George Town Landfill operates from 7am to 5pm on weekdays and until 1pm on Saturdays. The landfill drop-off facility at the gate will remain accessible to the public and small vehicles 24 hours per day.
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The DUH should realize that a growing population needs the bulk waste cleanup twice a year. Especially when there are no longer publc dumpsters in the districts.
Oh, have they?
Thank you DEH on Brac for picking up the bulk waste I put out by the roadside on Monday and Tuesday. The crew came today and did an excellent job. Thanks again.
This being Cayman, DEH might as well have a crew that goes around picking up dead chickens 24/7/365.
Will they pick up yard waste – branches, clippings, etc.?
Politicians?
plenty of trash at the parliment
Bulky waste as well.
a good one 👍
But they didn’t show at ours in west Bay yesterday.
Haven’t shown up Red Bay yet but if they did the Projects, sorry I meant Prospect first, they are probably trying to work out what’s junk and what’s not. Last time I drove up Marina Drive it was hard to tell.
Fitting, the government is trash.
Can they spare a few trucks to remove the UPM before Christmas?
and where is this stuff going?….yep to the dump to add to the existing environmental mess.
nothing makes sense in cayman…nothing.
Where else do you want it to go then? Your back garden?
You would rather it in your neighbour’s back yard?
yawn,,,,make people pay to clean up their own mess. it’s what the the real world does.
just another day in wonderland.
We do pay for it, through import duties, work permit fees, etc, you dunce.
The person still with outstanding garbage fees has entered the chat.
household garbage fees were abolished many years ago, so there won’t be any outstanding fees, unless of course you live in a condo complex or hotel….
So why not just clean up your own mess and move on? This is happening with or without you 😛