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February 9, 2025

Expert teaches compost tricks

On Sunday afternoon, 42 people young and old arrived at Green VI’s EcoPark in Tortola for the second “No Dig Farming and Composting” workshop presented by English agricultural educator Charles …

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by Allison Vaughn
June 10, 2024

Premier stands by music festival

Though attendance at the recent Virgin Islands Music Festival was far lower than organisers hoped amid calls for a boycott, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said his government won’t give …

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by Shaun Connolly
April 12, 2024

Waste oil facility now open in Sea Cows Bay

A new waste oil facility that opened on Friday in Sea Cows Bay can store up to 20,000 gallons of used oil, according to the Department of Waste Management. DWM …

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by The BVI Beacon
December 28, 2023

700-plus derelict vehicles removed

More than 700 derelict vehicles have been tagged and removed from Tortola and Virgin Gorda in recent months, according to Department of Waste Management Director Marcus Solomon. “We have also …

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by BVI Beacon
Derelict vehicles
December 1, 2023

Incinerator gets parts, but others still needed

As waste crises plague the territory’s two most populated islands, government is working to complete long-delayed repairs to the Tortola incinerator and to bring Virgin Gorda a safer landfill, according …

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by Rushton Skinner
September 29, 2023

Waste boss visits incinerator company

As part of efforts to repair the incinerator in Pockwood Pond by the end of the year, officials from the Department of Waste Management recently visited the plant’s manufacturer in …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Consutech
February 21, 2022

VG eco-park looks to innovate

Raindrops cascaded over lush vegetable gardens and several large garbage bins filled to the brim with empty glass bottles on Feb. 4 at The Valley, Virgin Gorda eco-park while Green …

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by Dana Kampa
May 12, 2021

New waste strategy rehashes old goals

In 2013 the government adopted a comprehensive strategy to overhaul the territory’s waste management system from the ground up. Most of its plans were not accomplished, but now leaders are …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED

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