By:
Janelle Husbands
PRINCIPAL of Project Recycle, Anderson Cherry remains optimistic about the role that his proposed recycling programme can play on the island.
In a statement issued yesterday, Cherry noted that despite the challenges faced, Project Recycle still wants to encourage persons and companies to get on-board with the private sector initiative.
This he says comes with the need to curb the amount of waste heading to the landfill, but also to create employment at a time when jobs are needed.
“We have during the year reached out to organizations and individuals who can take advantage of this new approach as we aim to address the negativeimpact that waste could have on the environment.
“We hope in 2017 the government of Barbados too will get on-board and review our plan and proposal which has been submitted to them a long time ago with the aim of building partnerships and to also help in saving them money.”
The businessman also believes that the Christmas season brings an opportunity to recycle. “As we are in the festive season where many persons have done their shopping for appliances and gifts etc., we want to urge them to separate their waste and place all recyclables in one bag and all green waste in another.”
“This country has just celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Independence and now we are into the festive season. Let us as we celebrate all these events and memorable times, remember to put the country first. We must ensure that the environment is clean as we continue to build this great nation.”
“Let me on behalf of the entire team at Project Recycle Barbados take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a safe and joy-filled festive season and a happy, peaceful, prosperous and productive 2017.”
Project Recycle Ltd. (PRL) was formed through the vision of its principal Anderson A. Cherry in direct response to the growing problems we face as a nation as it relates to waste management. Traditionally, the focus of waste management systems in Barbados has been on collection and waste disposal. According to the statement, the current focus is on environmentally sustainable waste management practices and PRL has been developing a plan to unburden the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) of a significant portion of its collected waste through implementation of its own curbside collection program, recycling program and waste diversion strategy.
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