The Tribune

ENVIRONMENT Minister Ken Dorsett yesterday announced a bulk waste collection programme aimed at cleaning up the streets of New Providence.

Mr Dorsett said the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) has contracted Bahamian companies to assist with the plan.

He said trucks will be collecting green waste, which consists of hedge clippings and other yard debris, and white waste, which consists of household appliances and furniture, from homes around the island.

For the clean-up, the island of New Providence has been divided into four sections: west, east, south and central.

The contracts executed by the DEHS came into effect this month.

This initial bulk waste clean up programme is expected to continue into January of 2014.

“All residents of New Providence are asked to prepare any bulk waste items that they may have in their homes, yards and surroundings that need to be disposed of and place them as neatly and securely as possible near to the roadside for collection,” Mr Dorsett said.

“It must be stated emphatically that this initiative is for residential properties only. Those with commercial properties and construction sites must secure trash collection facilities at their own expense.”