Latest update November 21st, 2024 1:00 AM
$$M recycling plant/garbage holding area for Mandela Ave.
– Residents not enthused
Plans are in train for the construction of a multi-million-dollar, environmentally-friendly recycling plant to possibly stem the tide of plastic and other garbage-related pollution locally.
Construction works ongoing at the site on Mandela Avenue where Cevons is set to build a multi-million-dollar recycling plant.
The plant is currently under construction on a plot of land on Mandela Avenue between the National Gymnasium and Transfiguration Church.
City officials have confirmed that private investor, businessman Morse Archer, owner of Cevons Waste Management has undertaken the project following his submitted proposal more than a year ago.
City Hall has given approval in principle for the construction on the plot of land that was once a disputed property.
One city official has expressed concern that construction of a fence has begun without permission.
“He (Archer) has not submitted an EPA approval for the environment, traffic flow, nor has he had any known consultation with residents of East La Penitence, North East La Penitence, and Lodge, which were affected by the previous landfill site.
Archer has been given the task by the City officials to provide not just a proposal for the site, but the requisite permission from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Senior City officials also advised that as a prerequisite, Archer had two months to conduct community consultations with residents in the immediate environs.
That two-month period has passed, according to the officials, and Archer is yet to submit the relevant documents for council’s perusal even as works have started at the location.
Yesterday Kaieteur News visited the site where workers were busy constructing several concrete fences.
When contacted, Archer referred all queries on the matter to Town Clerk Royston King who, according to his secretary, was not available for comment yesterday.
Noteworthy is the fact that according to officials, “from Archer’s end” the site will not create any environmental or other problems for those in the environs nor noise pollution once completed and put into operation.
“The EPA will determine if any consultation is needed and to what level it should be done,” the source said. The construction will also see some of the lands west of the Mandela Avenue location towards the cemetery being used up also.
Should the plant become a reality, sources close to the project have informed that it will see “a transformation of solid waste management locally that would change the landscape of Guyana for the better”.
However, while most are in favour of the much needed facility becoming a reality, some city officials are opposed to its construction so close to the Mandela Avenue thoroughfare.
The recycling plant and holding area for garbage in the nation’s capital once completed will entail the promotion of separation of waste by Georgetown dwellers and all other sections of the nation which will be feeding the location with tons of garbage for processing.
Cevons Waste Management’s plan is to “provide customers with exceptional waste collection and disposal services that protect, preserve and improve the environment and the quality of life in Guyana”. (Mondale Smith)
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