The Programme

The two components of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Programme are summarized below:

Physical component comprises:

National Sanitary Landfill: This sanitary engineered landfill is located in a disused quarry at Greenland, St. Andrew.

Solid Waste Management Center: These include Transfer Station, Chemical Waste Storage Facility and Composting Facility. These facilities will be jointly housed at Vaucluse, St. Thomas.

Bulky Waste Facility: This facility is located at a disused quarry at Bagatelle, St. Thomas.

Upgrading of Road Infrastructure: In order to improve efficiency it will be necessary to implement road improvements along routes where vehicles associated with the ISWMP will travel on a regular basis. The affected roads are:

• Mile-and-Quarter to Alleynedale
• Benn Hill
• Vaucluse to Highway 2A (Mangrove Road)
• Hoytes Village Main Road
• Hoytes Village Tenantry Rd./Access to Bulky Waste Site.

The non-physical component includes:

Institutional Strengthening of key government agencies within the Ministry of Health (e.g. Sanitation Service Authority, Environmental Engineering Division) and associated Ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Environment, Public Investment Unit);

A Public Education/ Awareness Programme, that is, consumer education, formal education and technical assistance in waste management for the business and manufacturing sectors;

An Economic aspect which would include cost recovery measures e.g. taxes, levies, tipping fees and export of recyclable materials;

Policy development to provide for mechanisms for the proper implementation of the Programme;

Drafting of relevant legislation to facilitate this new thrust in solid waste management.

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