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Department of Waste Management

April 11, 2025

Havers scrap to be shipped away soon

Following an outcry from residents, the derelict vehicles piled next to the ocean in Havers will be cubed and exported out of the territory by the end of next month, …

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by Rushton Skinner
January 30, 2025

Failed marina resort now a junkyard

More than a decade after it was first proposed by Virgin Islands businessman Robert Wong, the Drake’s Landing resort and marina development in Havers is belly-up, and the seaside land …

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by Rushton Skinner
December 5, 2024

No end in sight for incinerator fix

Nearly three years after a fire shut down the Pockwood Pond incinerator, the Virginia company hired to supply replacement parts still has not delivered most of them, and the government …

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by Rushton Skinner
February 2, 2024

Glass crusher at work in Pockwood Pond

A new glass crusher at the Pockwood Pond dumpsite is now tasked with diverting as much as one-fifth of Tortola’s waste stream. Located between the non-operational incinerator and the concrete …

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by Rushton Skinner
December 28, 2023

700-plus derelict vehicles removed

More than 700 derelict vehicles have been tagged and removed from Tortola and Virgin Gorda in recent months, according to Department of Waste Management Director Marcus Solomon. “We have also …

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by BVI Beacon
Derelict vehicles
December 27, 2023

The new waste director’s trial by fire

Waste Management Director Marcus Solomon stood with his back to the non-operational incinerator December 14, watching a front-end loader scrape clean the dumpsite tipping area at Pockwood Pond. He crossed …

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by Rushton Skinner
December 15, 2023

Garbage catches fire again

Early Saturday morning, garbage caught fire in the tipping area at the Pockwood Pond dumpsite, but the blaze was brought under control before it damaged the buildings or other infrastructure …

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by Rushton Skinner
December 1, 2023

Incinerator gets parts, but others still needed

As waste crises plague the territory’s two most populated islands, government is working to complete long-delayed repairs to the Tortola incinerator and to bring Virgin Gorda a safer landfill, according …

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by Rushton Skinner
October 23, 2023

271 derelict vehicles removed out of 347 tagged

Since launching the “Retire Your Ride” campaign in August, the Solid Waste Department has removed nearly 300 derelict vehicles from areas across the territory, according to Waste Management Director Marcus …

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by The BVI Beacon
August 4, 2023

Virgin Gorda landfill catches fire

The Virgin Gorda landfill caught fire early Sunday morning, sending smoke across the sister island for several hours. However, the Department of Waste Management claimed that new protocols led to …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 21, 2022

RDA and government float new waste management strategies

After a February fire shuttered the Pockwood Pond incinerator and again thrust the territory’s waste management problems into the spotlight, government and Recovery and Development Agency officials hosted a meeting …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 31, 2022

Pockwood Pond incinerator down for six months or more

Shortly after a fire caused extensive damage to the Pockwood Pond incinerator on Feb. 14, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said the facility would likely be offline for …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 25, 2022

Malone: Incinerator likely down for two-to-four months

After a fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator last week and hobbled its operations, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said in a Tuesday interview that he …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 18, 2022

Incinerator down after major fire

Seven firefighters aboard two trucks extinguished a blaze that badly damaged the Pockwood Pond incinerator plant early Monday morning, Chief Fire Officer Zebalon McLean said yesterday. The fire did not …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 12, 2021

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by BVI Beacon
Cartoon (May 13, 2021)
June 30, 2020

National trash plan in the works

As both house-to-house and communal-bin garbage collection continue, plans to launch a national waste management programme are resuming after being delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Health and Social Development Minister …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
October 7, 2019

Incinerator part still not shipped, but repairs ‘nearing completion’

Electricity has been restored to the incinerator at Pockwood Pond, and repairs are “nearing completion” even though a needed part still has not been shipped from the United States, government …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Pockwood Pond
October 11, 2018

Derelict cars leave VI after many delays

Three barges ready to export thousands of tons of scrap metal and derelict cars have arrived in the Virgin Islands after at least five months of delays. The first barge …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 24, 2018

Few, if any, fire precautions were taken at Coxheath before blaze

Before a massive fire broke out at the Coxheath dumpsite two weeks ago, many measures that are typically used to prevent fires at landfills were not implemented — including monitoring …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 17, 2018

Dumpsite fire is VI’s biggest ever, DWM says

Last week, a fire engulfed the mountain of trash that has been piled in Coxheath since Hurricane Irma, spewing plumes of thick, black smoke as far as St. Thomas and …

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by Amanda Ulrich
April 13, 2018

Government’s pick to clean up VI? An unlicensed firm tied to $500k lawsuit

SPECIAL REPORT Last fall, government was faced with a seemingly insurmountable task: disposing of unprecedented mountains of garbage left over from Hurricane Irma. But officials did not launch a tender …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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