Haags Bosch landfill to be opened tomorrow

– will accept garbage from Timehri to Cane Grove
SOLID waste in the city, the disposal of which has posed several challenges, will be accepted at the new landfill sanitary facility at Haags Bosch, East Bank Demerara, from tomorrow, the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development said at the weekend.
This will greatly enhance the city’s ability to cope with solid waste management and bring much needed relief to residents.
No disposal will be done at the Mandela dumpsite, Le Repentir from tomorrow, as this will be completely closed in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Nigel Dharamlall, told the Government Information Agency that stern action will be taken against persons found dumping garbage at the Mandela site.
All drivers of vehicles transporting garbage to this new site are asked to do so in such a manner as to avoid littering the streets along the route, the ministry advised.
Access to the facility is through the new access road leading to the site which is at the boundary between Eccles and Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.
The ministry advises that until further notice, no tipping fees will be charged.
A sum of $800M has been allocated in the 2011 budget to facilitate the advancing of further works on the construction of the landfill.
During a visit to the landfill Saturday, GINA spoke with Walter Willis, Project Manager Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme, who explained that the first of four cells, each with an area of 6.5 hectares (16 acres) will be operational. Each cell has the capacity to accommodate garbage for a period of 10 years from Timehri, East Bank Demerara, to Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara. This will cater for 15 neighbourhood democratic councils and the city of Georgetown.

Willis said that a waste characteristics study that was done found that half of the waste was decomposable, which means that the volume stored would decrease.
From the average 200 to 300 tonnes of garbage disposed of daily at the Le Repentir site during peak periods, it was determined that about 300 cubic metres of volume space would be required to store that quantity, Willis said.
The 10 percent of work on cell one that has been completed has the capacity to accommodate two months of garbage to bring it back to land level.
“We will continue to widen to take up the full 16 acres,” Willis said.
In order to ensure a strong base for the facility, a geo synthetic material has been introduced that acts as a strengthening agent. On top of that, another material is placed to allow for drainage along the bottom of the cell.
“We have a geo composite material which has two layers of geo fabric and is further strengthened by HDP material,” according to Willis.
The facility will be equipped with an all-weather road, buildings for weighbridge, workshop, energy and water supply, wheel washing facilities and administrative office.
The $4B project is financed by the Inter American Development Bank and the Government of Guyana.

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