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Pockwood Pond

June 3, 2022

Incinerator repair date bumped again

After two fires at the Pockwood Pond dump last month sent thick smoke over West End and beyond, Health and Social Development Minister Marlon Penn said May 26 in the …

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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 28, 2022

EDITORIAL: Incinerator woes expose government inaction

Yet again, a fire has shut down the Pockwood Pond incinerator. Yet again, the resulting trash buildup will inevitably cause fires at the nearby landfill, and toxic smoke will blow …

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by BVI Beacon
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
November 25, 2021

Landowners ‘dismayed’ over approval for lobster farm that was previously denied

British entrepreneur Giles Cadman received bad news in early 2020. That January, the Virgin Islands Planning Authority rejected his company’s proposal to build a nearly three-acre lobster farm beside the …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
New lobster farm
November 25, 2021

How many lobsters? Company’s numbers, plans shift

In a series of 2017 Facebook videos, British entrepreneur Giles Cadman stands beside the ocean and describes his company’s plan to build a lobster farm next to the protected Beef …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Giles Cadman
May 14, 2021

EDITORIAL: The waste strategy is great, but it must be followed

The territory’s outdated waste disposal system is nothing short of a national crisis, and it is endangering residents’ health and degrading the environment. We are therefore glad that the government …

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by BVI Beacon
April 27, 2021

Malone grilled on pollution scrubber

The Pockwood Pond incinerator is back burning trash after six weeks offline, but Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone came under fire in the House of Assembly last week …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
pockwood pond incinerator scrubber
April 16, 2021

Incinerator back up after weeks offline

The Pockwood Pond incinerator is burning trash again after being offline for about six weeks, during which residents complained frequently about the fires and smoke from the landfill behind the …

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by Dana Kampa
January 14, 2021

Plans in motion to clear Pockwood scrap

Leaders recently commended the territory’s WE RECYCLE programme, which they said diverted an estimated 3,328 tonnes of recyclable materials from the incinerator and landfill to two established recycling centres. “This …

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by Dana Kampa
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
December 20, 2019

Pockwood Pond incinerator control panel installed

The new control panel for the nonfunctional Pockwood Pond incinerator has been installed by Consutech Systems LLC, and Skelton Electric Limited is completing the final electrical works, Health and Social …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
Pockwood Pond
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
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
August 1, 2019

Legislators spar over incinerator

Premier Andrew Fahie, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone and Third District Representative Julian Fraser sparred at the House of Assembly last Thursday over the delayed repairs to the …

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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
June 28, 2019

Contract for incinerator parts not yet signed

The government plans to distribute facemasks and to reduce the smoke coming from the Pockwood Pond landfill, but the parts needed to repair the non-functional incinerator there still have not …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Pockwood Pond
April 30, 2019

Cartoon (April 25, 2019)

by BVI Beacon
April 18, 2019

Incinerator repairs could hinge on US firm with troubled history

This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s print edition on April 11. After the Pockwood Pond incinerator was badly damaged in a fire last November, government officials said repairs would …

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by Amanda Ulrich
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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by The BVI Beacon
December 19, 2018

No word yet on incinerator repairs after fire

This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s print edition on Dec. 13. More than two weeks after a large fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator, government officials have …

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by Amanda Ulrich
December 6, 2018

Incinerator down as officials wait for report

After a fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator facility last week, officials are still waiting for a final report about damage to the machinery and what necessary repairs …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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