{"id":21773,"date":"2024-08-27T20:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21773"},"modified":"2024-08-27T20:07:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:07:25","slug":"minister-indar-calls-for-responsible-waste-disposal-amid-illegal-dumping-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-indar-calls-for-responsible-waste-disposal-amid-illegal-dumping-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Indar Calls for Responsible Waste Disposal Amid Illegal Dumping Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By <strong>Saskia Warrick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Deodat Indar has urged businesses and commercial operators to take responsibility for the disposal of their industrial waste, highlighting their role in illegal dumping across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting with the Private Sector Commission, Minister Indar emphasized that waste from construction and commercial activities contributes significantly to the unsightly and unhealthy state of Georgetown and other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is preparing for its 17th National Clean-up Campaign, but the Minister noted that these efforts are often undermined by repeated illegal dumping, leading to worsening conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed the need for a collective approach to achieve lasting behavioral change and maintain a clean and green environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the clean-up campaign, a public relations initiative will be launched to educate the public about the negative impacts of littering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Private Sector Commission has expressed support for the campaign and called for stricter enforcement and behavioral change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Minister Deodat Indar has urged businesses and commercial operators to take responsibility for the disposal of their industrial waste, highlighting their role in illegal dumping across the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21773","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\/21773","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=21773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21775,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21773\/revisions\/21775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}