‘What we’re doing here is not sustainable at all’– Health Minister on incinerator woes
Currently, there is no incineration and the garbage is being buried with topsoil to prevent spontaneous combustion, given the incinerator has not been in a working state.
This comes as the Minister paid a visit to the site with the Governor of the Virgin Islands John J. Rankin CMG, and UK Director General for the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) Mr Vijay Rangarajan.
Governor Rankin, commenting on the visit, said while he is aware of the issues, as governor, he is keen on finding a solution with the government.
“ I'm aware, like everybody else, of the problems with the continued use of landfill and the smoke and disturbance that's causing for people here in the Virgin Islands. So as governor, I’m keen to find that solution, [and] see if we can get an incinerator back up and working here."
Governor Rankin said the ideal incinerator would be one that could feed energy back into the grid and lower electricity costs for residents.
Matter an environment & economic issue - Governor Rankin
The Governor added that it is both an environmental issue and an economic issue, but if the VI can get it right, it can make things better for everyone living here.
Minister Wheatley, commenting on the matter, added: “I fully agree with the Governor, and I thank him for coming and bringing the Director General from FCDO here to Pockwood Pond. The issue of the incinerator is a long-standing issue and I'm prepared to bring an end to this problem and bring some kind of a solution to it. Energy provision is also an interesting idea that we get to waste energy being produced here at Pockwood Pond.”
He added that any amount of energy produced will offset greenhouse emissions and reduce the VI’s overall carbon footprint.
Meanwhile, Mr Rangarajan added that he was grateful to the Governor and the Minister for showing him around and allowing him the opportunity to see the possibilities where the VI is looking to leapfrog into building something which processes waste in a more environmentally sensitive means and produces energy.
He committed that the UK is willing to assist the VI in any, so they can help the territory be as beautiful as it can be.
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Because the ministers can’t get done what they are supposed to do.
Then taxpayers end up paying for a government out of office and a government in office. Is it any wonder then that civil Servants can't get paid what's owed to them and the infractire still in a delapodatef 3rd world state? We are often our own worst nightmares.
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Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has said he has come to the realisation that the current operation at the Pockwood Pond Incinerator to process garbage is neither sustainable for the environment nor for the territory.
That only took him 20 years to realise?
Thanks to Governor Rankin and the Director General for accompanying Minister Wheatley to the site at Pockwood Pond, our dirty (and not so little!) secret!!
Who died and made you the $%&^* pronunciation Police? People make grammar and pronunciation errors everyday. Go and wash your funky be***d properly instead of trying to be the damn pronunciation Police.