The Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, NSWMA, Jennifer Edwards, says serious financial constraints are responsible for the backlog in the collection of garbage throughout the island.
She admits that the situation is particularly bad in the Corporate Area of Kingston and St. Andrew.
Ms. Edwards says the NSWMA was spending significant sums on private trucks to assist with garbage collection in the Corporate Area.
She says that expenditure was unsustainable and the situation became even worse when the expensively hired trucks broke down on the job.
Ms. Edwards says the refusal of many householders to separate their garbage, has also contributed to the difficulties facing an overburdened collection team.
The executive director says the NSWMA is working with a fluid collection schedule for the Corporate Area.
Jennifer Edwards, Executive Director of the NSWMA, speaking today on the Nationwide-produced programme ‘At Your Service’ with Vernon Derby.
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