{"id":15285,"date":"2024-01-09T14:33:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15285"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:33:35","slug":"georgetown-mcc-plans-waste-separation-and-recycling-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/georgetown-mcc-plans-waste-separation-and-recycling-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown M&amp;CC Plans Waste Separation and Recycling Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Solid Waste Department of Georgetown&#8217;s Mayor and City Council (M&amp;CC) is set to implement proactive measures toward recycling and waste separation in the upcoming year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walter Narine, Head of the Solid Waste Department, shared insights into the M&amp;CC&#8217;s plans during an exclusive interview with NCN News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of their efforts to enhance solid waste management, the M&amp;CC aims to initiate plastic separation and recycling. Narine outlined the plan, expressing the goal of enforcing waste separation to eliminate mixed waste. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The envisioned outcome is a segregated waste stream consisting of plastic, boxes, plastic bottles, and other categorized items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine further disclosed plans to launch an awareness initiative focused on recycling practices and waste separation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to educate residents on the advantages of recycling and the detrimental effects of improper waste disposal on the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pending approval of the plans in the council budget, the M&amp;CC will move forward with educating the public on waste separation, with the intention of reusing separated materials to create new items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the importance of waste separation in the waste management chain, Narine emphasized its role in achieving effective reuse, recycling, and recovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The M&amp;CC&#8217;s commitment to waste separation aligns with global initiatives to minimize the environmental impact of waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solid Waste Department of Georgetown&#8217;s Mayor and City Council (M&amp;CC) is set to implement proactive measures toward recycling and waste separation in the upcoming year. Walter Narine, Head of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15287,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15285\/revisions\/15287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}