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Garbage at Accra Beach
Garbage at Accra Beach

Dear Mr  PM,

You were speaking about the garbage situation in Barbados.You claim that it is not the government that produces waste, it is us the householders, I can agree with that to some extent. You claim when you drive around the island you see large piles of garbage,  I am so glad you can now see what we have been seeing for many years. You say that it is because householders want to  quickly get rid of their garbage that they put it out even though they know full well when the truck will be passing. Mr PM you keep blaming the citizens of this country for the piles of garbage along the roadsides. How the hell can we put our garbage on schedule?  Have you any idea that we the householders haven’t a clue when the garbage truck will pass? They no longer come on the scheduled days and many times they fail to come for many weeks.  They will arrive at any time including very late at night sometimes around midnight.

Why don’t you ask the Minister in charge of the Sanitation and Environment why this is so? But your Ministers have gone ahead and secretly signed an agreement with an unknown company with no track record to build  a Waste to Energy plant without any thought of how it will affect this island in the long run. I know we have a very poor track record of implementing and maintaining standards on this island. We can’t even run the sewage plant efficiently, so how the hell can we run a Waste to Energy plant? Have you all tried other measures for a cleaner environment, such as banning Styrofoam? Taxing the fast food places? Making it mandatory that all school children be responsible for cleaning up the litter around the school they attend?  The private schools are doing it successfully. How about making drug offenders and those caught littering do community service by cleaning up the island?

Your government made a money grab last year calling it a Solid Waste Tax now you all are looking for ways to further tax us for garbage your government is incapable of collecting.  Your government has yet to fine anyone for illegal dumping and citizens for littering. Your Finance Minister is looking at ways to tax Waste Haulers as if that will stop illegal dumping. Can’t you all for once look at the bigger picture? By introducing the tipping fee you have made it almost impossible for citizens like myself to hire someone to take away my garden trash. I do recycle and compost but the larger pieces I used to burn like tree branches, coconut branches and coconut shells to use the ashes in my garden. Now I can’t burn garden thrash but the farmer next door to me can spray his deadly chemicals into my airspace, my home, contaminating my environment and endangering my health as well as my household.

Is there anyone in your government capable of seeing the bigger picture?

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111 responses to “Dear Prime Minister, Good to Hear You Talking Garbage”

  1. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    No, there is no one to see the bigger picture in DBLP government, unless there is a scam and many millions attached, they got tunnel vision. I have been hearing there is a massive pile up of garbage on the island……how horrible, what a shame….incompetent leaders incapable of implementing an efficient garbage collection system.

    Are there not garbage cans across from Accra at Chefette, also garbage cans a little further down the street at Quayside Mall, why did people still see it fit to throw the garbage beside the can and not distribute to those locations evenly when they saw the lone can was full….oh, I forgot, they learned in school that it’s okay to do so, just throw it anywhere, someone else will not only get blamed for it, but have to clean up behind them.

  2. David Avatar
    David

    @Well Well

    It is an old image but relevant all the same.

  3. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Ok David, image might be old, but the behavior never changes.

  4. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    My Dad’s business was in the city and as a youngster I spent a lot of time observing the goings on including the washing down of the streets and the drains City MP Jeffrey Bostic referred to yesterday in the House.That was in the bad old days of ‘colonial’ rule.What excuse does the bald head hooligan of a minister Lowedown has to say in defence of the state of the city streets and drains.I went to a church service one morning and passed several city-drain rats doing what rats do and this was 8.30 in the a.m.

  5. ac Avatar
    ac

    Keeping a country clean is a civic duty which should be taught in every household and pass on from generation to generation
    Govt role is to provide and assist whenever possible those sanitation tools that are most necessary for the country overall structure and which maintains and provide the substance and sustenance for a healthy society
    In order for govts to meets such long term goals there made be cost which might have to be applied for the further advancement as citizrns forget or neglect their civic duty in favour of recklessness which can lead to extensive and expensive cost in the overalll care and preservation of the countries environment and the depreciation for the best quality and care of each individual life

  6. islandgal Avatar
    islandgal

    AC …who wrote this for you???? They need to go back to school.

  7. Bernard Codrington. Avatar
    Bernard Codrington.

    Excellent article and to the point. Time to backpedal on the restriction on householders burning what is combustible. But now we know that it was not about asthma patients but about garbage entrepreneurship and opportunism.

  8. caribbeantradelaw Avatar
    caribbeantradelaw

    @Islandgirl, you have raised some very interesting waste management suggestions. To those I will add the following:

    1.We need to make it mandatory for households and businesses to recycle. When I lived overseas we were legally required to sort all of our garbage according to plastics, cardboards etc and they would be collected separately from the other garbage.

    There are certain middle class districts in Barbados where garbage is collected twice a week while other neighbourhoods are lucky to get collection even once in any given week. Each district should have a dedicated day for garbage collection and any changes in collection date should be communicated via public service announcement (tv, SSA website, text message etc) in advance. We could explore as well the option of using GPS monitoring on the trucks so on the day of garbage collection, householders know where the garbage truck is at any given time so they can put out their garbage accordingly.
    Sadly, too many Barbadians have no pride in their surroundings and would rather toss a wrapper out of their car than hold it until they get to the nearest bin. I have seen grown people who should know better just toss a piece of garbage in the grass even though a bin was within walking distance of them. What example is that setting for our young people? We need to have stronger laws and enforcement of such laws against littering. But even more critically, we need to instill in our people from young the importance of keeping our surroundings clean.
    There are many waste management best practices out there that we can consider and tweak to our local circumstances. Switzerland has a very successful waste management model we can look at. From what I saw while I was there, it works!
    In some European cities supermarkets do not give you plastic bags anymore for your groceries. You buy reusable bags and walk with them whenever you go to the supermarket. It saves the supermarkets costs and also significantly cuts down on the amount of plastic bags to be disposed of.

    We don’t need international experts to come and tell us these things. Civil sociey groups here have highlighted some of these. Additionally, some Barbadians are already finding innovative ways to reuse and recycle garbage and even add value. These could be highlighted as best practices.

  9. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    This government is so incompetent it is unbelievable.

    If the SSA was being adequately supplied with trucks to service the island, there would be no pile up of garbage all around the country.

    If the novice we have in charge of this country’s finances was not so incompetent, a soild waste tax would never have been imposed nor the tipping fees.

    Instead we have the loweman announcing on TV that he is off to Kenya on another taxpayer paid holiday, that’s what is important to dems.

  10. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    The Minister of the Environment is more concerned with the potential damage to the trees in Turners Halls Woods, than he is about the potential damage to the population,if he does not get his finger out.
    After 50 years of independence our ministers are still jumping high,and quickly, when certain types command.
    We ain’ t move far from the N***** Yard gap!!!!

  11. ac Avatar
    ac

    What is wrong with civic duty. It used to be the long arm that kept a society respectful of each other. Now society cannot survive without govt have to implement laws to keep society in check.

  12. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Following Tuesday’s debate in the House of Parliament on the SSA’s issue. Minister Kellman made the statement that one of the major reasons why the Freightliner trucks did not stand up,was due to the fact that these trucks were assembled using parts from various manufactures. Most American manufactured trucks are assembled this way, the transmission from one manufacturer, the engine from another,and the rear axles from another, etc. The only manufacturer in the United States which comes close to assembling a truck with most of the components manufactured by them is Navistar / International. The Sanitation Service Authority had a number of Navistar /International trucks,and they did not last as long as the proverbial snow cone. Minister Kellman went on to imply the that new trucks supplied to the SSA, like some buses supplied to the Transport Board , were second hand refurbished equipment. Do you mean to tell me that after 50 years of independence the Barbados Government is still in the habit of buying a pig in a bag. Do the SSA, and the Government in general , not inspect equipment at the manufacturers end immediately after completion.
    I do hope that the local agent (s) for Freightliner and Mercedes would come out and represent the integrity of these manufacturers against allegations made by Ministers Kellman and Lowe.
    Today I passed a truck, purchased by the BL&P in 1985,sold recently,and now starting its second life of service with a private contractor. 31 Years.
    Did I hear correctly that a team from Korea in in Barbados carrying out a survey on the SSA’s fleet?
    Do you mean to tell me that after 50 years of independence we do not have persons in Barbados who are capable of conducting such a survey?
    Of course we do, I know of least two men who are highly qualified, with many years of practical experience,who would carry out this survey with ease. The one qualification which they lack ,however, is that they are not from over and away.

  13. Green Monkey Avatar
    Green Monkey

    …… You say that it is because householders want to quickly get rid of their garbage that they put it out even though they know full well when the truck will be passing.

    Seems that a clueless Freundel assumes that because Ilaro Court gets a reliable, regularly scheduled garbage pickup, the rest of the country does too. I can’t remember how long its been since we had a reliable once a week, Tuesday morning pickup in our gap. Nowadays we count ourselves lucky if we have an at random (any day, any time) garbage pickup once every two weeks.

  14. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    http://i.imgur.com/cHG6MuI.jpg?3

  15. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Bernard Codrington. February 11, 2016 at 8:54 PM #
    Have you ever been woken up at 5 in the morning with the stifling effects of someone burning garbage upwind of you? Have you ever been kept awake for most of the night due to someone burning garbage upwind of you?
    Have you ever gone to your wardrobe to find most of your clothing reeking of smoke?

  16. mitchlans Avatar
    mitchlans

    Because of a lack of government funding and a non-existent maintenance and repair program, even the SSA don’t “know full well when the truck will be passing”. So where the hell does he get the idea that the long-suffering householders do? His superciliousness and arrogance know no bounds….

  17. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Colonel Buggy February 11, 2016 at 10:37 PM

    Colonel, you know what they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

    The facts on the ground corroborate the criticism being leveled at the government for being one of the biggest polluters and creators of unsightly garbage. Nearly all the premises falling under the responsibility of the government are in a horrendous condition. From Bay Street to inner Bridgetown to the above ground vehicular graveyard called the Pine Workshop of the MTW.

    Who is responsible for keeping the drains free of debris and other filth in order to improve sanitation and minimize the risks of flooding? The paros and vagrants on the streets?

    How do you expect to send home hundreds of frontline workers from the Drainage Unit and still maintain proper sanitation on the streets and in the drains?
    Isn’t it time the managerial responsibilities for the Environment be put back under the Ministry of Health and the current blackmouth loutish minister responsible for garbage be sent packing to the dump heap for incineration at his WTE pet project plant? The Cabinet could do with a spring cleaning from April 2016.

  18. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ caribbeantradelaw February 11, 2016 at 9:09 PM
    “There are many waste management best practices out there that we can consider and tweak to our local circumstances. Switzerland has a very successful waste management model we can look at. From what I saw while I was there, it works!
    In some European cities supermarkets do not give you plastic bags anymore for your groceries. You buy reusable bags and walk with them whenever you go to the supermarket. It saves the supermarkets costs and also significantly cuts down on the amount of plastic bags to be disposed of.”

    By suggesting similar practices could exist in Barbados aren’t you trying to compare a cat in a castle with a pig in mud? By referring to places like Switzerland as a model for Barbados to emulate you are really taking a six for a nine.
    Why not try to look closer to home at see what Bermuda does or even the Cayman Islands or the Bahamas; tourism dependent countries Barbados has to compete against.

    Barbados cannot even arrange for the timely removal of the detritus from the pavements and gutters after an ‘irregular’ bout of weeding by the ‘unsupervised’ team of street maintenance workers.

    Are you aware of the fact that the piles of detritus remain on the streets for weeks, sometimes months, despite the continuous public outcry from the few concerned citizens? If something as ‘simple’ as that cannot be coordinated as was done in the days of donkey carts and 7th standard educated managers in place do you expect anything near the Swiss model would ever exist in Barbados given the current mindset and managerial focus o so-called university graduates who see management as sitting at desk on a computer all day and drawing a salary at the end of the month?

    Do you really feel such European practices could ever take root and bear fruit in Bim with the mentality of the current political directorate who are expected to provide policy initiatives and leadership instead of promoting a scam involving the burning of garbage both locally generated and imported to achieve their own financial aggrandizement?

  19. ac Avatar
    ac

    How about Santia Bradshaw whinning response with one of her goody two shoes resolutions of re locating people who live in areas that the sanitation trucks can not enter or workers easy access ,,,i wonder who would foot the cost for relocating all these people

  20. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    This is the reason why I refer to this masquerading insulting circus clown of a Prime Minister as nothing but a pretensive fraudster with the ability to talk shite with polish big words. Barbados’ sanitation collection system has never suffered a major setback of this magnitude until these circus clowns took up government office. This crooked lying shite signed off on the Cahill WtE project and in order that the justification to get that project up and running with very little fanfare from public opposition, no better way to do so is by letting the island’s garbage system escalate to new problematic heights. I tell you people, what is happening in Barbados with the big stink is what this piss poor government want to happen. This shite talk about properly storing your waste is nothing but smoke and guns. This government knows that when each householder store uncollected garbage wherever they can store it for the length of time that trucks will take to collect it, the resultant outcome will be a stink so bad that they would not care about any expensive project or who getting kickbacks. They just want the garbage off their premises. This Prime Minister and those who back his nonsense wicked I tell ya. Wicked and corrupt to the core. This man does not give a shit about what suffers bajan at this time. He is the Prime Minister he is the boss, he is the flipping Devil that is what he is.

  21. .42 Avatar
    .42

    Is it true that the poor collection of the garbage stems from weak workshop management and minister Low minions. And that they are more than enough trucks to service the country but only a few are over work and poorly maintained? Is it true, that poeple are scared of Minister Low and are afraid to speak out for fear of being ship off to Greenland.

  22. David Avatar
    David

    It is reasonable to believe Lowe has recruited supporters if the NCC ERT fiasco is anything to go by.

  23. caribbeantradelaw Avatar
    caribbeantradelaw

    @millertheannunaki, I take your point. I actually referenced Switzerland as that’s the model I am familiar with but I agree we should also look closer to home. I am not familiar with what they are doing in the Bahamas, Cayman and Bermuda but if they have good systems as well by all means we should have a look at what they are doing too. What are they doing there?

  24. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/77754/nightmare-harbour

    The behavior never changes.

  25. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    AC….nice to see your back to normal. I am sure you travel, quite sure you see the signs every and the penalities for littering, especially in the US, despite that, in certain parts of Manhattan dirty people still let their dogs poop everywhere and do not adhere to the laws unless caught and penalized….in Canada, no one would risk littering, the penalities are too severe…laws have to be implemented, it has to be instilled, drilled into children from at home and at school that they should not litter, that’s the root cause, the people who litter, they are the ones should be punished each and every time.

    People will litter unless they know they will be severely punished.

    As Miller said, it’s difficult to domesticate pigs….on one visit to the island, I got off a bus, nearly tripped and fell over a pile of garbage pulled from the drains and left there by whoever cleaned the drain…the jackass left it in the middle of the sidewalk at the bus stop. …socialized to be a total idiot….

    Commonsense dictates that you can only fight littering bugs with laws and severe penalties.

  26. David Avatar
    David

    Dear Prime Minister, check the front page of today’s Nation newspaper.

    Enuff said!

  27. Yatinkiteasy Avatar
    Yatinkiteasy

    I wonder if FD, Lowe, Stinkler, and that whole gang are secretly smoking herb?

  28. Yatinkiteasy Avatar
    Yatinkiteasy

    FS, not FD

  29. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    WWC

    Contact Alvin Cummins about that harbour. He supposed to know everything about the fish markets. He would be able to tell who how that garbage got there since his piss poor prime minister is laying blame on Barbadians and the government run state own agencies are operating under garbage arrangements.

  30. Frustrated Businessman aka Republic my ass. Avatar
    Frustrated Businessman aka Republic my ass.

    And when Fumble’s Fools (and other Animal Farm pigs) were all sitting around trying to figure out how to run the SSA with only tax revenue (as it should be run), it became obvious that no-one would lend them money to buy a new garbage truck fleet, especially international lenders who are all now aware of the teefin’ that goes on with such supply contracts.

    So they calculated the number of tonnes going to SBRC, divided into the cash needed and came up with a per-tonne tipping fee, never once considering that said fee would cause Bajans to avoid SBRC and dump illegally, thereby reducing throughput and anticipated tipping fee income by 70%. So, expected (by idiots) income not realised, Barbados fields and hills more contaminated by illegal dumping than ever in history and on they bumble and stumble.

    Whuh loss, another jackass-stupid basic management failure of the Fools.

    But Bajans can bear more tax and less efficiency through snivel service mismanagement so let’s ‘revisit’ the tipping fee like we did the asinine land-value based Solid Waste Tax. Never mind we have already lost all management credibility, Bajans don’t believe anything we say anyway.

    Decades ago it was realised that most of the garbage in Mangrove Pond was imported and therefore an import levy was created to offset the cost of managing it. But the Fools can’t do that, it was someone else’s idea.

    These buffoons would be funny if they weren’t ruining our country.

  31. David Avatar
    David

    Didn’t minister Lowe say the tipping is not the cause of the indiscriminate dumping.

  32. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ David February 12, 2016 at 11:23 AM

    Shouldn’t the fishermen/boat owners be treated like the Springer Memorial schoolchild and be asked to pick up the garbage shown floating in the stagnant water of the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex?
    After all, as Alvin quite rightly pointed out, the empty oil containers and Styrofoam food containers did not ‘swim’ there on their own.

    Simple Simon what do have to say? Should these adult scoundrels some being deadbeat dads not be rounded up, frog marched to the area and forced to clean up their own mess?

  33. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    I am used to two SSA pick ups weekly for many years,until this low life barefoot blak albino, ugly, ball head ,blak lip man lowedown was approved by the clueless Fumble Idyut to oversee and give policy/cabinet directives on matters of the Environment.Now we never know when the truck will come so the bins,made to hold so many bags,are filled with household refuse.Is it any surprise to hear the Nation editor on brasstacks relate an observation he made while traversing an area in St Lucy.I am not in agreement with anyone throwing garbage anywhere,but there are those who see it as a resolution to the lack of regular removal by the SSA as they have become accustomed to in the past.The putrid argument of Donville Inniss was such that I had to turn off my reception.How can a guy who says he went to HC,come with such crap talk.Where the heck these parliamentarians come from.They are so pathetic.A bunch of wild boys and brassbowls for sure.

  34. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Chuckle…….Cherry on the 12.30 VoB news is saying that the MoE is using the plan he submitted on garbage without involving him…….what a comedy our country has become.

  35. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Gabriel

    I blame the government (both of the crooked parties) for every shite that going wrong in Barbados. When governance is good, this means systems are working. When society displays high levels of discipline and respect for environmental matters, it means its educational programmes are functioning on all cylinders. When services are well maintained, constantly reviewed, and tweaked to accommodate change, it means government understands the work of proactivity. Care for the environment is a programme of education that starts from infancy, through Primary and even into Secondary. You cannot leave it to a society to etch out its own plan for being good citizens because the temptation to do wrong is far greater than the desire to do right. Barbadians have been dumping, tossing, polluting and disrespecting the environs for donkey years. And, all the shite that government has done to combat it is put up signs talking about prosecution. How many have seen signs covered half way up the post in garbage telling people if caught you will be prosecuted? Barbadians have been coached into their nasty mindsets because of lack of good governance. Good governance is not all about foreign policy programmes and constructing buildings. It also entails the mechanisms needed to keep society focus and compliant. Show me where we have been doing that over the years because we were I am sure the problem of garbage disposal and illegal dumping would not be the stinking practice that it is now.

  36. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Miller

    I bet you a million dollars that the nasty ones in this fish market will tell you they did not come to remove garbage and that government got workers for that. It is the same mindset that the young girl has and the foolish backing of a mother reinforcing disrespect for authority in her daughter.

  37. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Sunshine Sunny Shine February 12, 2016 at 1:17 PM

    Excellent contribution!

    Not only should it be required reading for Secondary School students but also all the dumb-ass jokers in the HoA especially those in the cabinet.

    Let the adults lead by example and the children will follow.

  38. St George's Dragon Avatar
    St George’s Dragon

    Privatise the SSA. Get firms inside and outside Barbados to quote to run it. The winning bidder would have to take over the assets and staff of the SSA and mend or buy trucks as they feel fit.The specified collection schedule can be taken from the Korean report; recycling can be made a key requirement. If they don’t meet the collection schedule, dock money from the agreed charge.
    I don’t care if my rubbish is collected by a Government agency or a private company. I wouldn’t mind betting that the private company will be more efficient, though. Here is the kind of thing they do across the water:
    http://www.sita.co.uk/services-and-products/local-authority-customers/refuse-recycling-collection
    http://www.sita.co.uk/services-and-products/local-authority-customers/public-private-partnerships/northumberland

  39. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ St George’s Dragon February 12, 2016 at 1:57 PM
    “Privatise the SSA. Get firms inside and outside Barbados to quote to run it. The winning bidder would have to take over the assets and staff of the SSA and mend or buy trucks as they feel fit..”

    What you have suggested has already been recommended by the IMF. It’s just a matter of time before it comes on stream.
    The current administration is just playing for time and will leave it to the next administration to implement.

  40. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @millertheanunnaki February 12, 2016 at 12:00 PM “Simple Simon what do have to say? Should these adult scoundrels some being deadbeat dads not be rounded up, frog marched to the area and forced to clean up their own mess?

    YES. YES. YES.

    Except they don’t have to be marched anywhere. They work in the messy area everyday.

    And you know the fisher people should know better that to litter the place where they spend 10 or 12 hours a day. How can they bear to live/work in such squalor?

    That said since this has become so big (way bigger than a sweetie paper) and likely will create a public health hazard then some professional cleaners should be sent in as well.

    And enough covered bins provided (the fisher people do pay a fee to use the market don’t they?). Is this fee high enough? And is is being used to maintain the market facilities?

    And an ongoing education program run to teach the market users, workers and customers to use the bins provided.

    And of course the bins should be emptied everyday.

  41. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    re way bigger than a sweetie paper
    IT STARTS WITH THINGS like a sweetie paper and escalates from there ah lie

    re Sunshine Sunny Shine February 12, 2016 at 1:30 PM #

    I bet you a million dollars that the nasty ones in this fish market will tell you they did not come to remove garbage and that government got workers for that. It is the same mindset that the young girl has and the foolish backing of a mother reinforcing disrespect for authority in her daughter.

    EXACTLY!

  42. Hants Avatar
    Hants

  43. Exclaimer Avatar
    Exclaimer

    There are many ways of reducing littering in a country. I will cite two examples. The first one is controversial but would certainly make major inroads into eroding this problem. I suggest that the government should pass legislation forbidding the sale of hot takeaway food. The practise of eating whilst walking has certainly accelerated the spread of obesity and a decline in social civility.

    I have witnessed a trend with shoppers in UK supermarkets. After they have purchased their shopping they then proceed to remove the entire packaging from their goods. This leaves the onus on the retailer to remove the unwanted packaging.

  44. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    The Government collect taxes from the citizens of Barbados.

    The SSA is required to collect and dispose of household garbage on a regular basis.

    we all know that we Bajans are used to trowing way tings and (men) pisssing behine de paling.

    Even our ingrunt nasty habits should not stop the SSA from picking Garbage on time every time unless there is bad weather or traffic.

    I changed my nasty habits when I came to Canada and I had to ” try to fit in” or my red ash would get arrested and charged.

    Now if the SSA would do its job as taxpayers are paying them to do, it would go a long way to cleaning up de nasty stinking place.

  45. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Georgie Porgie February 12, 2016 at 2:36

    Exactly what!
    Exactly Mary Poppins comes a calling with a little bit of musical sugar and the medicine goes down in the most delightful way, GP?

    Why punish the child and let the adults go free?
    So the schoolgirl has transgressed because of her cheeky boldness to stick up for her rights and her innocence for not being the one creating the litter. She has expressed herself as allowed under the UN Convention or Charter on the rights of the child. And you want to punish the poor child, or in your estimation just another street urchin not fit to be entitled to an education.

    Why not call for the adults responsible for the state of pollution and risk to human life at the Fisheries Complex be banned from the use of the market and its facilities until the mess is cleaned up by the same users?
    Would you argue the mothers (and fathers) of these adult litterers and polluters ought to be held responsible for the environmental sins of their nasty disobedient children now big hardback environmental terrorists?

  46. Analyzer Avatar
    Analyzer

    There’s a rumor that the garbage collectors are using the SSA trucks privately on the down low and collecting money from private companies and people. That could be a reason why we are only getting garbage collected usually only once or twice a week. They are using the trucks to make money on the side. Someone posted a photo of Facebook – busted! Private companies this way avoid paying the tipping fee. The government has to come up with a better plan. On a note about recycling, where can I put my cereal boxes etc. for recycling? There is nowhere to drop them off. Every parish should have 3 or 4 or more drop off areas for recycling.

  47. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Hants…they are all jokers on the island, tell them the 2 or 3 days a week we scramble to take out designated garbage on their designated days or have the raccoons let everyone know how nasty we are. Everyone is responsible for their own garbage.

  48. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    We make everything in Barbados difficult!

    I have long proposed 7 health zones–all of which with a MOH with a cadre of health inspectors should be responsible for sanitation issues

    Sanitation collection should be under the control of the seven MOH’s and their inspectors

    All that is needed is for the health inspectors to patrol their areas weekly or monthly.

    All householders not in compliance with keeping their premises clean should be fined
    Failing to pay the fine should result in jail time! Simple!

    There should be monthly prizes and other incentives to householders as well as the seven MOH’s and their inspectors for their work.

    Persons caught littering should be fined jailed or publicly flogged very Friday morning

    We need a benign dictator to straighten out Bim

  49. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    we allow franchises that sell harmful fatty foods to thrive and then we seek to impose a “fat tax”
    we have highly paid clowns in the MOH and QEH holding town hall meetings talking shite because they have no ideas or ability to do the work for which thEy are paid

    IF DEXTER COULDNT DO THE WORK IN LITTLE ANGUILLA HOW CAN HE DO IT IN BIM

    WHAT DOES THE PS IN THE MOH KNOW ABOUT HEALTH

  50. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    “Persons caught littering should be fined jailed or publicly flogged very Friday morning”
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    Bushie humble begs to disagree with GP…

    The public floggings should be on Saturday mornings….
    …better turnout….

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