Church Corner Landfill In St. Thomas To Be Relocated

BUDGET 2020/2021 MARCH 6, 2020 WRITTEN BY: DOUGLAS MCINTOSH Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says land has been identified to relocate the Church Corner landfill in St. Thomas, while an alternative location is being sought...

Twenty Garbage Trucks To Arrive In May – McKenzie

Published:Saturday | March 7, 2020 | 12:18 AM The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to receive 20 new garbage trucks in May, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has announced. They are the first of 120 additional trucks being procured by the...

Pay increase for sanitation workers at NSWMA

LOOP NEWS CREATED : 1 MARCH 2020 JAMAICA NEWS Sanitation workers employed by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) are to receive a 25 per cent pay increase, effective July of this year. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond...

Rae Town Plastic Recycling Project Launched

Kingston, Jamaica; Environmental stakeholders from the public and private sectors lent their support and expertise towards the launch of The Rae Town Plastic Recycling Pilot Project on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at the Courtyard by Marriott. The initiative seeks to...

Editors’ Forum | Higher Fines Coming For Litterbugs

Citizens are being warned to no longer take the Anti-Litter Act for granted as the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) ramps up a raft of new measures and regulations aimed at dramatically increasing the fines associated with it. The caution has come...