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March 31, 2025

Smoking, vaping crackdown coming

Vaping devices could soon be categorised as tobacco products in the Virgin Islands, and businesses could be required to police customers who try to partake on their premises. Such measures …

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by Rushton Skinner
March 10, 2025

Gov’t tests smoke from cruise ship

White smoke coming from the Norwegian Epic cruise ship while it was docked in Road Town last week sparked concern in the community, but government health officials carried out tests …

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by The BVI Beacon
May 12, 2023

At dumpsite, ministers promise better, but incinerator still down

Seven days before the general election, Dr. Karl Dawson stood outside the House of Assembly to protest burning at the Pockwood Pond dump that had been sending clouds of acrid …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
dumpsite tour
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The territory’s outdated waste disposal system is nothing short of a national crisis, and it is endangering residents’ health and degrading the environment.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 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
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
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
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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