THE access road leading to Kara Kara dumbsite in Linden has been completed by the Ministry of Communities to the tune of $18M and works are currently ongoing on the land fill site, which when completed, will significantly improve waste management in Linden.

Linden Mayor and Town Council (LMTC) Chairman, Wainwright Betune, told reporters that soon Kara Kara will have a modern land fill site which will eradicate some of the waste disposal issues facing Linden.

He said, however, that the LMTC still does not have the capacity to fully serve the entire Linden as it relates to waste disposal, something that the current Council has inherited and residents have been bemoaning for decades.

This has resulted in Cevon’s Waste Management setting up shop in Linden, catering for most of the homes on both the Mackenzie and Wismar shores.
Cevon’s however has been dumping at the land fill site at Dakoura Creek, an area close to the water shed which provides water to some residents on the Wismar shore.

Residents have complained about the indiscriminate dumping of garbage at the creek’s water shed area which was resulting in leaching into the creek.
Betune revealed that the Council has written to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for them to facilitate a meeting between councillors and the management of Cevon’s to decide on how the two entities will effectively share the dumpsite at Kara Kara.

“Once that meeting is held, dumping will stop at Dakoura,” Betune revealed.
In 2016, however, EPA staff had visited the dumpsite and had ordered that it be closed down since it was described as a terrible environmental hazard.

The LMTC is however striving to increase the number of compactor trucks it has and is actually in the process of procuring one. Councillor Devin Sears also revealed that proceeds garnered from the Linden Town Week 2018 will be used towards acquiring waste management resources.

The Council is in possession of a one tractor and one truck for garbage collection.