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Gov’t tackling waste management on Anegada & VG starting with RFP's

-Director of Waste Management Marcus E. Solomon shared plans for landfills, recycling & waste management
Waste management is being made a focus on the sister islands of Anegada and Virgin Gorda, with a number of Request for Proposals (RFPs) out for waste management and recycling options on the islands. Photo: GIS/File
Director of Waste Management, Mr. Marcus Solomon says plans are afoot to tackle waster management on Virign Gorda and Anegada with a number of Request for Proposals out. Photo: Facebook
Director of Waste Management, Mr. Marcus Solomon says plans are afoot to tackle waster management on Virign Gorda and Anegada with a number of Request for Proposals out. Photo: Facebook
Mr Solomon also shared plans to handle derelict vehicles and scrap iron in the VI along with waste bins and garbage collections, including new bin designs. Photo: GIS/File
Mr Solomon also shared plans to handle derelict vehicles and scrap iron in the VI along with waste bins and garbage collections, including new bin designs. Photo: GIS/File
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI– Waste management is being made a focus on the sister islands of Anegada and Virgin Gorda, with a number of Request for Proposals (RFPs) out for waste management and recycling options on the islands.

This was revealed by the Director of Waste Management, Mr Marcus E. Solomon, at an October 5, 2023, Community Meeting regarding waste management plans for the Ninth District.

“With respect to Virgin Gorda, you would have seen an RFP would have gone out, with an attempt to try to treat waste on the Virgin Gorda dumpsite. That RFP is seeking a proposal in the form of having a material recovery facility to deal with all recyclable waste that is produced in Virgin Gorda,” he said. 

The plans also include treatment of waste waste produced on Virgin Gorda, according to the director.

“Presently it's dumped on the landfill and that is a health hazard because of many viruses etc. So we are trying to deal with that within the site development plan, a wastewater stabilisation pond.

RFP Closes October 13th

Solomon said the RFP going out closes on October 13, 2023, and the department is hopeful they can get submissions coming out of that.

“With respect to Anegada, we are looking at Anegada with the view of trying to set up a transfer station there, looking at the possibility of using a mobile incinerator to deal with those waste that we cannot recycle,” he added.

Mr Solomon also shared plans to handle derelict vehicles and scrap iron in the VI, along with waste bins and garbage collections, including new bin designs. “So we are hoping in 2024 and even now, you will see some of these initiatives coming on board,” he said.

Following a massive landfill fire on Virgin Gorda in July, residents of Virgin Gorda expressed to the Government of the Virgin Islands that they were not satisfied with the management of the landfill on that island and wished to see improvements.

9 Responses to “Gov’t tackling waste management on Anegada & VG starting with RFP's”

  • asura (10/10/2023, 14:28) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    hope its not just talk
  • black (10/10/2023, 14:53) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    Waste of time and money for people to put proposals together to give to the government and then they go ghost and you never get any response from them...... usual mind games be played once more.
  • Lb (10/10/2023, 17:41) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Some of these people with their bad habits think they can do as they please
  • ReX FeRal (10/10/2023, 21:07) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    who is under studying this smart Trini?
  • health hazard because of many viruses (11/10/2023, 07:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    WTF!?
    Has this guy ever been to the dump in Virgin Gorda?
    They burn plastic! They light off old airisol cans. Burn tires. Pour raw sewage out. Dump oil and old gas on the ground.
    This is all about CANCER. Nobody worries about catching a cold there! You going to die of CANCER!
    How we going to fix this mess with people like this in charge??
  • tola (12/10/2023, 20:02) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    As he contract up he gone home Watse a time
  • Manjack (12/10/2023, 22:04) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    The BVI needs a comprehensive, long-term solid waste management master plan. This piece mealing approach is temporary at best. The BVI is too small for a long -term,?large earthen land fills. If it is going with earthen landfills, they should be covered with dirt and sealed, containing the methane, green house gases, etc. The solid waste management master plan must include a)maximizing recycling( reduce, recycle, reuse), b) converting thrash into energy, etc.
    • @Manjack (13/10/2023, 09:54) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      A master plan is an ambitious action, out of the box thinking. The BVI don’t planning well; they are about quick shirt-term fixes. Planning, planning, planning and more planning and replanning. It cannot be said enough.


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