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July 20, 2020

Government looks to ban TBT paint, sewage dumping

Residents are being encouraged to support reef-friendly products as government works to phase out suntan lotions and antifouling paints containing chemicals harmful to marine life, Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration …

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by Dana Kampa
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
February 12, 2020

LETTER— Dump smoke draws fire from STJ

Dear People of the Virgin Islands,   Here is a photo of your smoking, burning dump on Monday. Unfortunately, in the United States Virgin Islands, we get to see and …

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by Sharon Coldren
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

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