Assistance For Retirees Of WPM Waste Management Limited
WRITTEN BY: NICKIETA STERLING Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited has assisted 75 retirees of the agency in western Jamaica by providing care packages to help them cope during the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
NSWMA boss calls on persons to be more disciplined in COVID fight
LOOP NEWS CREATED : 24 APRIL 2020 Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is encouraging Jamaicans to follow the guidelines to protect themselves against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). He made the call...
Thousands of tyres removed from Riverton dump under trial project
LOOP NEWS CREATED : 24 APRIL 2020 Thousands of tyres have been removed from the Riverton fandfill, under a Government of Jamaica partnership with Caribbean Cement. Carib Cement signed a memorandum of understanding in 2019 to undertake the activity in...
Garbage collectors happy to aid COVID fight
by Akera Davis - STAR Writer -April 15, 2020 Sometimes overlooked, garbage collectors, who have always been on a mission to keep the environs clean, are being named among the essential service workers on the front line fighting against COVID-19. THE STAR spoke...
Reduction In Backlog Of Garbage
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has reported a reduction in the backlog of garbage collected over the last few weeks. “What we are finding is that we are receiving fewer calls and complaints. The trucks are actively collecting and the traffic has...
Golden Age Home And Infirmaries Cleaned And Sanitised
CORONAVIRUS MARCH 30, 2020 WRITTEN BY: GARFIELD L. ANGUS A comprehensive cleaning and sanitising exercise was carried out today (March 30), at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. Similar...
NSWMA head urges dump ‘hustlers’ to practise good hygiene
RETIREMENT, St James — Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon has urged individuals sorting waste at the Retirement Disposal Site in St James, to adopt good personal hygiene in the wake of the novel coronavirus...
NSWMA Executive Director Calls On Persons To Protect Themselves
CORONAVIRUS MARCH 20, 2020 WRITTEN BY: SERENA GRANT Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, has encouraged persons living close to the Retirement landfill in St. James to take the necessary precautions to protect...
Garbage Another Front Line In Virus Fight
Published:Friday | March 20, 2020 | 12:18 AM Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer Dwayne Gordon is a resident of Riverton Meadows who is engaged in scrap-metal trading. The bulk of the items he trades for cash are salvaged from the community dump that hoovers up all the solid...
Western Parks And Markets Implements COVID-19 Safeguards
Published:Wednesday | March 18, 2020 | 12:19 AM Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited has implemented strict protocols to maintain efficient service delivery while safeguarding employees and the public against the coronavirus disease 2019...