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August 14, 2020

Fire breaks out in Pockwood landfill

Clouds of black smoke billowed from the landfill behind the Pockwood Pond incinerator after the area caught fire on Monday, but by the following day the flames had abated and …

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by Dana Kampa
pockwood pond incinerator scrubber
March 4, 2020

COMMENTARY — VI urged to stop open burning

Recycling aluminium cans, glass and plastic is a wonderful, positive first step! But let’s take the second step: Let’s stop open burning. The detrimental effects of open burning at Pockwood …

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by BVI Beacon
January 30, 2020

Government working to fire up incinerator

Fires have been burning at Pockwood Pond over the past week, some intentional and some not. The incinerator was fired up again on Friday after more than a year, and …

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by Dana Kampa
August 28, 2019

Housing effort needs funds, Malone says

The government has received more than 600 applications for housing assistance since January 2018, representing over $43 million in funding requests, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said on …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
July 25, 2019

Incinerator repairs promised in 12 weeks

Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said last week that the new control panel for the Pockwood Pond incinerator is expected to be operational in eight to 12 weeks. …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
July 16, 2019

CARTOON (July 11, 2019)

by BVI Beacon
July 11, 2019

Dump fires blamed on garbage haulers

Unsupervised “private garbage haulers” dumping waste at the Pockwood Pond incinerator have been the cause of pockets of fires over the past few weeks, according to Neville Allen, the assistant …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
Pockwood Pond
January 28, 2019

EDITORIAL: Pockwood Pond is a disgraceful health hazard

It is high time for government to buckle down and get serious about the trash problem in Pockwood Pond, which has posed an extremely dangerous health hazard for far too …

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