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US company contracted to assess incinerator- DWM Director
Director of Waste Management Mr Marcus E. Solomon, in a statement to Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, said the services of a reputable incinerator company were procured to comprehensively assess the state of the incinerator and outline a roadmap.
The incinerator has been inoperable since February 2022, due to an early morning fire that had caused significant damage to the facility. There have been several fires at the landfill in the years since, with residents of the First District most affected by the smoke and dust.
Company recently visited VI
While unable to divulge much information, Mr Solomon said the company chosen is an American company with proven experience in over fifty countries.
“They visited the island [on Tuesday, January 14, 2025] to conduct the assessment,” he said.
Mr Solomon informed us that this information was all he could give our News Centre at this time, as the Department of Waste Management awaits the report from the company.
Decision about incinerator to come this year
Meanwhile, Mr Solomon who appeared before the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) when it met in November and December 2024, informed them that “significant steps” had been made to resolve the situation.
He said three out of four key issues were resolved and that advanced discussions with manufacturers aimed to identify the required parts and support needed to “recommission the incinerator, with a decision anticipated by 2025”.
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13 Responses to “US company contracted to assess incinerator- DWM Director”
Trini does work! He the man for the Job!!! I never see another Solid Waste boss put in work like he yet. He going get the job do. Ayo leave he right here. He is a good man.
He got a damn good team backing him too Bryant, Spiceman, the Stoutt girl and Cliff Wife.
BEST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT!!!
He working some &*^% hard that the Mitsubishi car shell in front of the Ministry of Health and Social Development office location on Sugar Mill road infront of Lesmore Smith building can't be removed. That is to simple of a task for solid waste!
You need to have a NBIC accreditation to sign off on boilers and nobody on staff has that certification.
This should have been solved 2 months after. Too busy working out how to get kick back money. Many companies could fix this and would easily. But not all will enter into dirty deals.
Now we have to wait until 2025. 2025 is already here. We need new people with morality as or leaders. We keep getting more of the same. Incinerator. Think fuel, ignition, heat. Put a chimney on top and we good to go. Watch the millions that will get spent on what is a fire with a chimney.
And, here we are, after decades (not years) of ineptitude and incompetence in waste management we want to pay a consultant to tell us what parts to buy….More than 20 years ago, a local electrician was paid more than 1 million to wire up the incinerator after it had sat rusting at Pockwood for a few years. It never worked right just like most things around here.
Why does ALL waste products enter the waste stream and has been contaminating the soil and water tables without any environmental cause for concern?
Medical waste disposal is another issue that has not been addressed and is adding to the problem. So, is incinerating waste the most modern, sustainable and environmentally responsible form?