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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, addresses the opening ceremony for the agency’s National Environmental Awareness Week and World Ocean’s Day activities at Fisherman’s Beach in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (June 8). SERENA GRANT PHOTO
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, addresses the opening ceremony for the agency’s National Environmental Awareness Week and World Ocean’s Day activities at Fisherman’s Beach in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (June 8). SERENA GRANT PHOTO

NSWMA To Get New Garbage Trucks by Year End

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to receive new garbage trucks before the end of the year, which will improve waste collection in communities across the island. Executive Director of the agency, Audley Gordon, said that the procurement...
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (left) places the first bag of plastic bottles into the newly unveiled recycling bin at the Fisherman’s Beach in Montego Bay, St. James. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the National Environmental Awareness Week and World Ocean’s Day activities held at the facility on Wednesday (June 8). Looking on (from left) are Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams; Operations Director at the NSWMA, Aretha McFarlane; and Acting Regional Operations Manager at Western Parks and Markets Ltd., Dramaine Jones. The day was organised by the NSWMA.
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (left) places the first bag of plastic bottles into the newly unveiled recycling bin at the Fisherman’s Beach in Montego Bay, St. James. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the National Environmental Awareness Week and World Ocean’s Day activities held at the facility on Wednesday (June 8). Looking on (from left) are Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams; Operations Director at the NSWMA, Aretha McFarlane; and Acting Regional Operations Manager at Western Parks and Markets Ltd., Dramaine Jones. The day was organised by the NSWMA.

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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.

NSWMA Reflects On 20 Years Of Service
Community Relations Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Kimberley Blair.
Community Relations Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Kimberley Blair.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Use NSWMA App To Report Illegal Dumping
Falmouth’s Mayor, Councillor Collen Gager (fourth right), shares a moment with fellow Trelawnyites (from left) Kenneth Bailey, Charles Ramdata, Alinthi Allwood Gallagher, Violet Johnson, Tomlin Anderson, Harry Peter Johnson, and Loyal Ellis. Occasion was the annual Trelawny Picnic, held at the Rockland County State Park in Nyack, New York, on Sunday (May 29).
Falmouth’s Mayor, Councillor Collen Gager (fourth right), shares a moment with fellow Trelawnyites (from left) Kenneth Bailey, Charles Ramdata, Alinthi Allwood Gallagher, Violet Johnson, Tomlin Anderson, Harry Peter Johnson, and Loyal Ellis. Occasion was the annual Trelawny Picnic, held at the Rockland County State Park in Nyack, New York, on Sunday (May 29).

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Sorted waste collected from a beach in Montego Bay. WPM Waste Management Limited will be joining forces with Recycling Partners of Jamaica in cleaning the Montego Bay Fishing Beach on World Oceans Day, being observed on Wednesday (June 8). A recycling bin will be installed at the complex to facilitate garbage separation, for the collection of plastic containers.
Local Government

Big Clean-Up For Fisherman’s Beach On World Oceans Day

WPM Waste Management Limited is partnering with several stakeholders to clean the Montego Bay Fisherman’s Beach on Wednesday (June 8), which is being observed as World Oceans Day. WPM’s Customer Relations Officer, Sharnon Williams, told JIS News that the clean-up exercise will culminate the agency’s observance of World Environment Week, from June 1 to 8. She said the slated activities...
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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
CommunityIndependenceJIS Think TankLocal Government

Clean-Up Programme for Jamaica 60 Celebrations

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be part of a massive clean-up programme for Jamaica 60th celebrations. Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence is being celebrated under the theme ‘Re-igniting a Nation for Greatness’. Speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, the agency’s Executive Director, Audley Gordon, said that announcements for a massive clean-up programme will be made in...
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Work in progress along a section of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project.
Local GovernmentWorks / Construction

Improved Drainage Along Southern Coastal Highway

The National Works Agency (NWA) is assuring the public that drainage structures along the corridor of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project have been significantly improved. Communications and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw, said the roads are in a “much better state” than they were last year and should be more resilient to varying weather conditions. He was speaking during...
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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
JIS Think TankLocal GovernmentTourism

NSWMA Lauds Tourism Sector Recycling Partnership Initiative

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) are being commended for their Tourism Sector Recycling Partnership Initiative, geared towards reducing plastic pollution in resort areas. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (May 31), Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, described the initiative as “excellent”. “We see it as a...
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Acting Director General at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson (right), congratulates Youth Ambassador for 2022, Lianna Jones (centre) of Ardenne High School in Kingston, while fellow Ambassador Curtis Clennon of Cornwall College in St. James, looks on. Occasion was the Youth Ambassadors’ pinning and sashing ceremony at the Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston on Tuesday, May 31.
Local GovernmentYouth

ODPEM Selects Two Youth Ambassadors For 2022

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has named Ardenne High School’s Lianna Jones and Curtis Clennon of Cornwall College as its 2022 Youth Ambassadors. During a year of engagements with the agency, the appointees will be tasked with implementing outreach projects to increase awareness of disaster risk management among youth as well as the wider society, through...
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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
Local Government

NSWMA Head Hails Sanitation Workers As “Servants Of A Bigger Cause”

Sweepers and sanitation workers at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) are being hailed for their dedicated service in keeping Jamaica clean. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (May 31), the agency’s Executive Director, Audley Gordon, noted that the workers, who also include the line men and drivers, are “servants of a bigger cause” in “making Jamaica’s...
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