Tag: AMEC Foster Wheeler
New waste system still four years away
(CNS): Despite the recent announcement that government has selected a Dart company heading up a consortium of local and international firms as the preferred contractor to tackle the country’s rubbish, the new Integrated Solid Waste Management System (ISWMS) will not be in place until well into 2021. Officials said that DECCO, Dart’s general contractor, was […]
Waste producers will pay for new garbage plan
(CNS): A draft consultation document has been released to solicit comment and contributions from the public on one of government’s most pressing problems — the future of waste-management. Consultants are recommending an immediate push towards recycling and composting as well as a public awareness campaign to encourage the reduction of waste, as the concept of ‘the […]
Experts sample landfill and impact on water
(CNS): Engineers from AMEC Foster Wheeler are currently in the Cayman Islands to carry out tests on the country’s three landfills and the leaching into the ocean as part of government’s ongoing integrated solid waste management systems (ISWMS) project. The experts will be installing new monitoring wells, and groundwater sampling is planned at the George Town […]