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Waste Management Director Marcus E. Solomon Out! New Director to be named!

Word reaching our News Centre is that the Director of Waste Management contract of Trinidad and Tobago national Mr Marcus E. Solomon will not be renewed. Photo: Facebook/File
Constant fires at the Pockwood Pond dumpsite are now a thing of the past, thanks to the leadership of former Director of the Department of Waste Management Mr Marcus E. Solomon. Photo: Team of Reporters/File
Constant fires at the Pockwood Pond dumpsite are now a thing of the past, thanks to the leadership of former Director of the Department of Waste Management Mr Marcus E. Solomon. Photo: Team of Reporters/File
Prior to Mr Marcus E. Solomon's tenure, landfill fires at Pockwood Pond were seen almost daily. Photo: Team of Reporters/File
Prior to Mr Marcus E. Solomon's tenure, landfill fires at Pockwood Pond were seen almost daily. Photo: Team of Reporters/File
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our News Centre is that the Director of Waste Management contract of Trinidad and Tobago national Mr Marcus E. Solomon will not be renewed.

Mr Solomon, who is expected to return to his home country this week, confirmed the end of his tenure in a social media post. He was appointed as Director in 2023 on a two-year contract.

'I made a difference'- Solomon

In his social media post, he spoke about some of his achievements, including the rollout of waste reduction and diversion strategies, the end of subsurface fires, minimising smoke and the flies at waste disposal facilities and the expansion of house-to-house garbage collection.

Mr Solomon also noted that he was able to set up the export of recyclables such as waste oil, scrap metal, derelict vehicles and plastics and negotiate approximately $300,000 in grant/donation funding.

Thanks staff & department for dedication & commitment  

He thanked his staff and the Department of Waste Management for their “dedication and commitment to delivering improved services to the public.

The outgoing Director also noted in his social media post that “despite my departure, I'm leaving confident that this Department is staffed by dedicated, talented individuals committed to preserving 'Nature’s Little Secret’ for future generations”.

The post of Director Waste Management has been advertised, and it’s our understanding that interviews are ongoing and a Virgin Islander is the frontrunner to replace Mr Solomon.

15 Responses to “Waste Management Director Marcus E. Solomon Out! New Director to be named!”

  • DI Resident (14/07/2025, 13:38) Like (22) Dislike (1) Reply
    Thank you Mr Solomon, for ending our torment with the smoke from Pockwood Pond. Best wishes to you and family in your endeavours. I hope government knows what it is doing because if that unhealthy nonsense returns, we will be marching! Forwards ever backwards never!
  • Curious (14/07/2025, 13:55) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    You the responsible party for the removal of all those garbage bins?
  • open wide (14/07/2025, 14:18) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    Trni man gone
  • Jim (14/07/2025, 14:26) Like (1) Dislike (10) Reply
    Much displeasure about derilic cars, waste and smoke. Yes they're all legit. So I'm wondering if we can't somehow use the smoke from the incinerator to produce some form of usable energy - steam power - electrical power. Turn derilic metal into something we can export.. Just thinking out loud
    It might be a good project for either/or our high school or college students. There's got to be something positive here and not just complaints.
    All the best.
  • good & bad (14/07/2025, 14:34) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Good planner with bad people skills. “despite my departure, I'm leaving confident that this Department is staffed by dedicated, talented individuals committed to preserving 'Nature’s Little Secret’ for future generations”
  • local boy (14/07/2025, 14:52) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    The man right wid dis waste ah time gowment
  • Fairness (14/07/2025, 15:04) Like (4) Dislike (4) Reply
    In any business, if your work standards is not up to par, you have to go. If my mother was working for me and her work standards was not up to par, she can no longer work for me and have to go as well. It is not personal. Just because she is my mother I am going to allow her to bring the business down.
    • @Fairness (14/07/2025, 16:51) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      I completely understand and would do the same as well. lol, the person that dislike your comment has not fully translated out of the BUSH as yet or the bush way of thinking.
  • Trucker (14/07/2025, 16:18) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    He did us better than our own, dont mind the haters under this post. Trini you real and them can't take real. The only thing you did bad was mess with Ritter otherwise Trini you work! I know my lil work dem dead now smh
  • waste (14/07/2025, 16:41) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Reaching the landfill at6:30am only to be told that landfill will be open at 8:30 was a total waste of everything. I hope that is rectified, it is against the very laws of nature. You wake up in the morning and your body demands that you get that $#1+ out of here.
  • DWM (14/07/2025, 16:48) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    will have some 'acting' person in charge for how many years??
  • Observer (14/07/2025, 17:37) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    He was not the first to export Derelicts vehicles. In fact, he never did a shipment out of the territory. Thei island is covered in derelicts now, nowhere to carry them since he put the storage site next to the main road. If you look the bins are overflowing and garbage on the ground from 10 AM in the morning. And rumors on the street I'm sure everyone heard already. Bye Bye Go Trinidad and do what you all do well.
  • Bunk (14/07/2025, 18:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ah boi.. are we ever going to get the incinerator back online??


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