BVI’s garbage collection programme to be relaunched
The Department of Waste Management (DWM) is moving towards a cleaner Virgin Islands with the relaunch of its house-to-house garbage collection programme.
The four-month pilot project, which runs from June 3 to September 30, aims to revolutionise waste management strategies and promote a more sustainable future for the territory.
Director of Waste Management Marcus Solomon emphasised that the initiative will service select areas across Tortola, Virgin Gorda, and Jost Van Dyke, with the data collected informing future garbage collection methods for the next three to four years.
One of the programme’s primary goals is reducing reliance on public bins, often viewed as unsightly and posing potential health risks. By encouraging residents to place their waste in bins for scheduled collection, the DWM hopes to create a cleaner and healthier environment.
While the pilot programme is encouraging, it’s not the first attempt at such an initiative. A previous trial during the COVID-19 pandemic yielded positive feedback, prompting the DWM to explore the feasibility of a long-term solution. The success and longevity of the relaunched programme will depend heavily on community participation and the effectiveness of the collection process.
The DWM has labelled all community dumpsters on Tortola to ensure widespread engagement. Additionally, the DWM will remove dumpsters in the pilot areas to encourage full participation in the house-to-house collection.
This initiative aligns with the DWM’s mission to enhance the natural beauty of the BVI through modern waste management techniques. By prioritising timely collection, disposal, and recycling, the department aims to set a new standard for waste management in the territory.
Solomon explained that the success of the relaunched programme hinges on collaboration between the DWM and the community. The department urges residents in the pilot areas to participate fully by adhering to the collection schedule and properly disposing of their waste.
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can you people in the british virgin islands follow the human rights clause?
‘Revolutionise waste management’?!!!!
My God, really?
THIS IS SO LONG OVERDUE!!!
It’s a minor adjustment that BVIlanders need to embrace to keep the country clean. Around every bin, there is always about 100 – 200 feet of trash. Everywhere you look, you see styrofoam and plastic water bottles.
Let’s make this a permanent thing by year-end… EVERY OTHER COUNTRY has implemented this for decades now!
I’ve noticed a lot of the garbage bins around the country are being removed, bare in mind it’s not everybody has a car so the folks who are not driving or has a car, has a tendency to throw garbage all over the place
Hope it actually happens but not optimistic.
On most country roads in Tortola I have to walk my dog in the middle of the road to keep him from eating the food garbage on the ground at the sides of the road.
A better plan for BVI islanders would be to just leave all their garbage on the ground at the side of the road and use giant vacuum trucks to suck it up every other day.
Some persons too lazy to put the garbage in the bins. They throw it in the bush and on people property. This nonsense need to stop. Long ago the place was looking real clean, but there are too many nasty people around.
I live in the Road Town area; can you post where the bins will be located? Specifically, on Main Street.
Thanks
i was wondering why they removed all the garbage bins on main street a couple of years now / main street has a lot of history behind it , so the people who lives on main street is still wondering why they took away all the garbage disposal on main street in the first place \ what did they do to cause sanitary Department to something like that to them \ they even removed the big metal garbage bin at the foot of Jose hill
Another fall out as a result of the invasionof the cursed CARICOM (ERS)
we need a bin in fat hogs bay area
I believe it’s quicker to put garbage in a skip, the logistics will be less and quicker service time than going individual houses. There will be complains and probably contractors arguing for increase fees to do the work because of fuel and wear and tear.
Friends and Family need feeding again!! When can we ever look at what woudld help the people of the territory. A real bus service (not just another set of bus stops with no buses). Real roads with proper foundations and edges and a drainage plan. (Not just 8 guys, one with a bucket of tarmac and a shovel, and the others watching.) Routine and regular cleaning of guts, (not after the rains been and flooded the city and cleaned them at great cost) a regular program to clear bush and fallen rocks, ( so we can use more of the already pot hole ridden roads,) electric supply that works, water that does not just run down the road, again and again and again…… OK I stop there. There is so much more. I welcome Garbage collection but not just for liucrative contracts for a few family friends. We need a plan and a program and competitive pricing and bids. Some people have this too easy for too long with no benefit to the people of the VI.
Shall we start with a functional incinerator and scrubber, seperation of waste and enforcing littering and fly tipping laws.