DSWMC to host workshop for waste haulers

Solid Waste Corp. workers on duty * Photo credit: dswmc.com
Solid Waste Corp. workers on duty * Photo credit: dswmc.com

The Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation (DSWMC) will be hosting a workshop for those who are involved in the business of transporting waste for disposal.

The Waste Hauler’s Workshop will be held at the Red Cross building in Goodwill on March 23.

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of DSWMC, Jeno Jacobs, said the workshop is very important because it will be bringing haulers of waste together to raise awareness on the guidelines and steps involved in waste disposal.

“This workshop for us is very important in bringing them together and getting them aware of the guidelines and steps the DSWMC wants and the guidelines they should follow and how they can work together with the corporation in ensuring that we protect our citizens from health risks,” he stated.

He continued, “That workshop will really tell them and inform them of the guidelines that they should follow, in case for example of a spillage of waste in the environment and their responsibility as that important stakeholder in cleaning waste and their responsibility in ensuring that the lives and risks opposed to the public is lessen.”

Jacobs said that there are “about 30-plus” licensed waste haulers in Dominica.

The workshop is expected to commence at 9:00 am.

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6 Comments

  1. A
    March 19, 2015

    i placed my plastic bags in a pail by the road not anymore cause after they dump the rubbish they throw the pails from the trucks destroying them every week

  2. Jaime Lewis
    March 18, 2015

    I am hoping that the training covers protection for the solid waste management workers: proper clothing, gloves, masks and shoes. In addition, at the end of the day, their clothing should be turned in to the company for highly disinfected laundering. They should not go home with these dirty clothes and shoes because they will be bringing the germs and infections to their families. We must be diligent about caring for our waste management workers’ health.

  3. Fix your business
    March 18, 2015

    I also hope they talk to them about dragging peoples bins and not damaging them. They cause holes at the bottom of the bins which cause all manner of “juices” / liquid to spill unto the road/sidewalk making for putrid scents.

    I have had to buy two bins in the last two years (RubberMaid) as they keep damaging my bins and just throwing them on the road! when I call to complain is pure non-sense excuses I’m hearing!

  4. March 18, 2015

    We needs heavy fines black people will not abide by laws I dont know why

  5. March 18, 2015

    I hope you all will be discussing protective gears and suits for these workers. The people pickin up the rubbish don’t have protective suits, they dont wear mask, they dont have proper shoes, some dont wear gloves, they sit on top of the garbage on trucks that are not designed to haul garbage. Where are the trucks donated by the Japanese? And if it is broken cant it be fixed?

  6. grell
    March 18, 2015

    What about the haulers health,because this a very dangerous job.

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