{"id":20401,"date":"2024-06-07T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20401"},"modified":"2024-06-07T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:30:23","slug":"weather-challenges-lead-to-garbage-pile-ups-in-guyanas-wards-solid-waste-management-unit-takes-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/weather-challenges-lead-to-garbage-pile-ups-in-guyanas-wards-solid-waste-management-unit-takes-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Challenges Lead to Garbage Pile-Ups in Guyana&#8217;s Wards: Solid Waste Management Unit Takes Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In recent weeks, Guyana&#8217;s Solid Waste Management Unit has been grappling with significant challenges caused by inclement weather, resulting in mounting piles of garbage in various wards, including Campbellville and La Penitence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walter Narine, the Director of Solid Waste Management, sheds light on the issues and discusses potential solutions to alleviate the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine reveals that above-average rainfall and tidal effects have compounded the difficulties faced by sanitation workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Remember you working with the tide, so once the tide drop everything comes down and the tide goes back up everything floats up,&#8221; he explains, highlighting the impact of tidal patterns on garbage collection efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, contractors&#8217; hesitancy to navigate poorly maintained roads has exacerbated the problem, making it challenging to access certain areas for garbage collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these challenges, Narine reassures the public that efforts are underway to address the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistance from the Guyana Defence Force and the Ministry of Public Works has been enlisted to aid in cleaning affected areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine emphasizes, &#8220;No area is being left not clean. Once we are aware of the areas we send our workers to clean it&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to immediate measures, discussions have commenced with Canadian organizations to establish a municipal compost facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This facility aims to manage organic waste effectively by shredding and composting it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine underscores the potential benefits of such a facility, including providing compost to farmers while simultaneously addressing garbage issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts are ongoing to mitigate the impact of inclement weather on garbage collection, with the Solid Waste Management Unit actively pursuing long-term solutions to ensure a cleaner and more sustainable environment for all residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks, Guyana&#8217;s Solid Waste Management Unit has been grappling with significant challenges caused by inclement weather, resulting in mounting piles of garbage in various wards, including Campbellville and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20401","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=20401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20403,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20401\/revisions\/20403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}