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Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCO), Wade Mars (left), shakes hands with Chairman, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), Dr. Damien King, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the entities to extend the Tourism Sector Recycling Partnership to resort areas in Kingston and the South Coast. The signing took place on Thursday (September 22) at RPJ’s head office in Kingston.
Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCO), Wade Mars (left), shakes hands with Chairman, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), Dr. Damien King, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the entities to extend the Tourism Sector Recycling Partnership to resort areas in Kingston and the South Coast. The signing took place on Thursday (September 22) at RPJ’s head office in Kingston.

Recycling Partners Looking to Increase Processing Depots

Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) is working to increase the number of processing depots it has across the island. Chairman of RPJ, Dr. Damien King, said the overwhelming response of the population to recycling indicates the need for greater capacity...
Members of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) team cleaning a section of the Shipwreck Beach, on September 17. The JIS partnered with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and other volunteers to clean up the beach for International Coastal Clean-up Day 2022.
Members of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) team cleaning a section of the Shipwreck Beach, on September 17. The JIS partnered with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and other volunteers to clean up the beach for International Coastal Clean-up Day 2022.

JIS Joins NEPA to Clean up Shipwreck Beach
Representatives from the St. Ann Hi-Tech Farmer’s Group, the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), Red Cross and Bahia Principe display bags of garbage collected from the Red Cross Beach in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, during International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICC) on Saturday, September 17.
Representatives from the St. Ann Hi-Tech Farmer’s Group, the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), Red Cross and Bahia Principe display bags of garbage collected from the Red Cross Beach in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, during International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICC) on Saturday, September 17.

Volunteers Cleaned Beaches in Discovery Bay
Volunteers remove garbage from the Lucea Fisherman’s Beach on Saturday (September 17) as part of International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD) activities.
Volunteers remove garbage from the Lucea Fisherman’s Beach on Saturday (September 17) as part of International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD) activities.

Hanover Fisherfolk and Beach Users Urged to Practise Proper Garbage Disposal
Director of Rooms at Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Resort and Spa in Rose Hall, Ash Jha, gets assistance from three-year-old Kayla Parkinson in removing garbage from One Man Beach along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay, during International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICC) on Saturday, September 17.
Director of Rooms at Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Resort and Spa in Rose Hall, Ash Jha, gets assistance from three-year-old Kayla Parkinson in removing garbage from One Man Beach along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay, during International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICC) on Saturday, September 17.

1,500 Pounds of Garbage Cleared from One-Man Beach

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Manager, National Ozone Unit and National Ozone Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Vivian Blake.
Environment

NEPA Unit Assisting to Protect the Ozone Layer

The National Ozone Unit of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has devised several strategies, including legislative amendments, in its continued efforts to assist in protecting the ozone layer. Speaking in a JIS ‘Studio 58A’ interview about World Ozone Day, on Thursday (September 15), Manager, National Ozone Unit and National Ozone Officer at NEPA, Vivian Blake, outlined some of...
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Senior Public Education and Community Outreach Officer with the National Environment and Planning Agency, Ava Tomlinson.
Environment

Keep Waterways and Coastlines Garbage Free – NEPA

As Jamaica prepares to observe International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) on Saturday (September 17), the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is urging persons to keep waterways and coastlines free of garbage. “Of course, we don’t want to have persons swimming in garbage; and so, we encourage them, please keep our coastal areas clean,” pleaded NEPA’s Senior Public Education and...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, provides update on the management of plastics and the environment during a Plastics Forum, held virtually on August 30. Seated is Head of the Technical Regulations Unit in the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Phillipa O’Conner Bennett.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Plastic Ban Changes Coming to Counter Practices Outside Regulations

The Government will be making changes to the ban on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene to counter practices being carried out by persons that are outside of the regulations. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, said “persons will look at ways around the regulations where they run afoul with...
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Manager of the Mapping Services Branch in the Survey and Mapping Division of the National Land Agency (NLA), Milton Saunders.
EnvironmentTechnology

Use of Drone Technology Could Increase Land Registration

Increased land registration could be a potential spin-off from the use of drone technology, says Mapping Services Manager at the National Land Agency (NLA), Milton Saunders. “To the extent that use of the technology can bring greater efficiencies in the creation of cadastral maps, then it can contribute to aiding with the quicker turnaround time where titling is concerned,” Mr....
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a press conference on the availability of teachers for the 2022/23 academic year, at the Ministry in Kingston, on Monday (August 22).
Environment

Better Work Environment for Schools Being Pursued

The upgrading of staff facilities as well as construction of administrative blocks in public schools will continue, in efforts to provide a better working environment. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, provided an update on school infrastructure developments during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston on Monday (August 22). “There are approximately 1,000 schools across Jamaica...
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The Mourning Dove, commonly called Long-tailed Pea Dove, is one of the birds permitted for hunting by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) during the 2022 Game Gird Hunting Season. The Season opens on August 20 and will close on September 25.
Environment

Bird Hunting Season August 20 to September 25

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has announced the opening of the 2022 Game Bird Hunting Season, which will last from Saturday, August 20 to Sunday, September 25. Under the Wildlife Protection (Game Birds) (Declaration of Shooting Season) Order, 2022, the season’s hunting sessions are from sunrise to 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to sunset on Saturdays, and from...
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