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The territory’s outdated waste disposal system is nothing short of a national crisis, and it is endangering residents’ health and degrading the environment.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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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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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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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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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The Pockwood Pond incinerator facility caught fire on Monday around 3 p.m. when a small gas tank exploded, according to Greg Massicote, manager at the Department of Waste Management. Reached …
More than 40 residents showed up to a community meeting hosted by government on Tuesday night to voice their worry and anger about a string of recent dumpsite fires. The …
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On Tuesday night of last week, a fire started at the temporary dumpsite on Jost Van Dyke, burning bright enough that some residents said they could see the blaze from …
Though the dumpsite fire in Coxheath has become the main air quality concern for residents over the past two months, the Pockwood Pond incinerator has been spewing largely unfiltered gas …
