{"id":344385,"date":"2025-07-07T09:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=344385"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:46:53","slug":"dswmc-to-address-fond-cole-landfill-fire-among-other-matters-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/dswmc-to-address-fond-cole-landfill-fire-among-other-matters-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"DSWMC to address Fond Cole Landfill fire among other matters this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_344040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344040\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-344040 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fire-at-Fond-Cole-Landfill-2-642x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from Fond Cole Landfill fire, June 30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation (DSWMC) is inviting residents of Stockfarm, Yampiece, Bellevue Rawle and other neighbouring communities this Wednesday (July 9) to discuss important matters concerning these communities including the recent fire at the Fond Cole Landfill fire.<\/p>\n<p>This was according to PRO of the DSWMC Rhoda St John.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will take place at the Dominica State College (DSC) Lower Campus from 4:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour presence and impact are valuable as we work together to address these issues,\u201d she emphasized. \u201cWe look forward to seeing you there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement last week the corporation&#8217;s PRO informed\u00a0the\u00a0general\u00a0public that law enforcement officials are actively investigating the recent landfill fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DSWMC\u00a0will issue a public statement upon the conclusion of the police investigation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she stated that the corporation\u00a0maintains a zero-tolerance policy regarding unauthorized burning, particularly on the landfill site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny findings from the investigation that necessitate enforcement action will be pursued to the full extent of the law,\u201d St John warned.\u201cThe Corporation strongly condemns and does not endorse any incineration practices at the landfill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation (DSWMC) is inviting residents of Stockfarm, Yampiece, Bellevue Rawle and other neighbouring communities this Wednesday (July 9) to discuss important matters concerning these communities including the recent fire at the Fond Cole Landfill fire&#8230;.","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":344040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents-tragedy","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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