Tag: National Solid Waste Management Policy for the Cayman Islands
Impetus lost on plastic ban, recyling and reuse policies
(CNS): The political will to promote more reduction in the waste produced in the Cayman Islands, expand recycling, reuse or repurposing of materials and a ban on single-use plastic appears to have been lost over the last four years, as government officials admitted Friday that things had gone wrong or policies had never been pursued. […]
Waste solution still more than 4 years away
(CNS): Even if the Cayman Islands Government begins the procurement process to find a specialist partner that can deliver its garbage policy, it will be at least four years before a waste-to-energy facility and the full reuse and recycle system would be in place. Although government published a draft outline business case on Monday, there […]
CIG rules out mining the dump
(CNS): The government has released the long-awaited outline business case setting out the options and costs for the future of waste-management on all three Cayman Islands, though the premier has already stated that his government had ruled out mining the dump. Only the first step in a long road to addressing the George Town landfill […]
End solution for rubbish 4 years away
(CNS): As government continues to follow the process to identify how it will deal with waste-management across the Cayman Islands in future, an open house session in George Town Tuesday evening revealed that it will be October 2019 before any new system will be fully operational. In the meantime, over those next four years the […]
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 […]
