Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone has announced the implementation of a Waste Management Strategy for the Territory.

Residents are asked to comply with the following tips to help manage waste during the COVID-19 curfew.

House-to-house waste collection will begin on Monday, April 6 during the 24-hour curfew implemented for the next 14 days.

The public is advised that House to House Waste Collection will begin on Friday April 3 from 7:00 a.m. and will be collected every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Territory-wide.

The Environmental Health Division advises the public of the following tips to manage waste in their home during the mandatory curfew period.

Se recomienda al público que se abstenga de quemar basura al aire libre debido al impacto en la salud de la comunidad y que reduzca el riesgo de enfermedad del coronavirus COVID-19.

Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone is featured as he met with the management of the Department of Waste Management and representatives of Agency Red, a consultancy firm that has been working on reexamining the comprehensive waste management strategy with the aim of achieving sustainable, integrated solid waste management in the British Virgin Islands. 

Manager for the Department of Waste Management, Mr. Neville Allen has said that the Territory wide clean up undertaken in December saw the collection of tons of waste.

Pictured is a large bin filled with bulky waste. Residents of the Virgin Islands are reminded that the bins will be available until December 28 and once the bins are removed to refrain from dumping at those sites.