‘Let’s put a value on plastic bottles to curb littering’ – Richard C. de Castro
![“We have to address this garbage situation. The incinerator cannot be increased [in size] anymore. We owe it to ourselves to be more reasonable and to look at ways to reduce, reuse and recycle,” said de Castro. Photo: VINO/File](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/800x_3_350x_g_garbagebin_01.jpg)
“Please if you are one of those persons out there who is doing this road side littering stop it,” he said while speaking on his show Speak Your Mind on JTV Live last Saturday September 26, 2015.
“See if you could curtail your activity and I am suggesting a $0.5 charge on the plastic bottles where persons get their money back when they return them,” he suggested.
Always one to speak passionately about littering and the need for stronger fines and penalties for litterbugs, de Castro said the charge he suggests should keep bottles off of the road side.
“I was surprised to learn of the quantity [of plastic bottles] that we bring into the country every year. It is in the millions. So there is some money out there ladies and gentlemen. We just not tapping into it. We need to tap into that money somehow and I think one of the ways is by sorting the garbage and another way is by putting a value to it,” he said.
De Castro said that many countries have done this as a means of dealing with littering and there are only success stories to tell.
“We have to address this garbage situation. The incinerator cannot be increased [in size] anymore. We owe it to ourselves to be more reasonable and to look at ways to reduce, reuse and recycle,” said de Castro.
He is of the view that there can be spin off businesses developing from a culture where people seek to be more responsible with their waste.
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The other problem of course is that if empty water containers have a monetary value, what is the vendor to do with the bottles returned for the deposit?
The BVI has 30,000 people. What value can you put on plastic bottles? These guys need to be banned from the airwaves talking pure f&^*(y all the time. Schups. People just need to use the trash cans and stop being so @#$%%^ nasty and disrespectful to the place they call home. It's that simple! What we should put a value on is common sense and some pride!