Management of Waste During the Holiday Season This year Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Saturday. As such the Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority (SLSWMA) wishes to remind residents that there will be no waste collection on Saturday, December 25, 2021 (Christmas Day) and Saturday, January 1, 2022 (New Year’s Day). Residents
read moreResidential Waste Collection Gros-Islet Friday 24th December 2021 & Friday 31st December 2021 Bois D’Orange, East Winds, Bon Air, Trouya, Monplasir Gap, Bottom of Mongiraud, Top of the World, Sugar City, La Retraite, Rodney Heights, Rodney Bay, Reduit Park, Top of Mongiraud, Behind Volney’s Station, Reduit Orchird, Gros Islet Town, Massade, Edgewater Soufriere Friday 24th
read moreThe Micro Waste Haulers Programme is a five-month initiative (August – December 2021) set up under the Reduction in Marine Litter (ReMLit) project aimed at reducing solid waste runoff within the Castries basin into the marine environment. The project seeks to achieve this through providing a curbside waste collection service to areas inaccessible by Refuse
read moreAs per the MET Office Tropical Storm warning, the Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority wishes to inform the public that there will be No Waste Collection on Friday, 2nd July 2021, and until the duration of the warning. The Deglos Sanitary Landfill and Vieux-Fort Solid Waste Management Facility will also remain closed for the
read moreThe SLSWMA advises the general public to pay particular attention to the management of solid waste during this hurricane season. All are encouraged to: Make a special effort to prevent solid waste from being washed into waterways by bagging, storing and covering all waste in a sturdy container. Secure waste in a dry location until
read moreThe Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority in collaboration with Rotoplastics St. Lucia Limited presents the #WINABIN Promotion. This collaboration aims to spread awareness and educate the public on essential information related to proper waste management. The first phase of this promotion runs from Monday 17th – Friday 21st May 2021. Here’s how to enter:
read moreOn Thursday, 1st April 2021, one representative from each project school namely; Soufriere Infant and Primary Schools and the Fond St. Jacques R.C. Primary School participated in a training workshop, facilitated by SLSWMA Zonal Supervisor, Mr. Davis Poleon (officer providing oversight on this project). A small wood chipper/shedder which was procured for this
read moreWhen the OECS Commission rolls out a region-wide campaign to call attention to the current threat of marine litter in the OECS marine space, Ronald “Boo” Hinkson and Teddyson John will be among the lead advocates. Hinkson and John are two of 10 trending OECS aristes featured in a five-minute music video More Than Just
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