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The Solid Waste Management Authority (SWaMA) - Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture in conjunction with the Western Corridor Municipal Council of San Ignacio/Santa Elena, Benque Viejo, Belize City and San Pedro Ambergris Caye will be conducting public hearings to inform the general public of the waste management facilities being built under the Solid Waste Management Project Bl-L1006 and the mechanism to recover the cost of operating those facilities and the cost to the municipalities for collecting solid waste.

The public hearing is scheduled as follows:

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Wednesday April 17th, 2013 at 6:30 pm



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Public Consultation For San Pedro's Solid Waste Management Project

The Government of Belize has proposed to implement a project to improve solid waste management practices in four municipalities of the Western Corridor of Belize (San Pedro Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker, Belize City and San Ignacio/Santa Elena) that will support the goals of environmental protection, natural resource conservation, and protection of public health, safety and welfare.

A public consultation took place on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, and the project plan was presented by Mr. Gilroy Lewis, Project Director at Belize Solid Waste Management Authority. In his presentation he stated all the reasons why the project is important, including environmental protection, natural resource conservation, and protection of public health, safety and welfare.

Mr. Lewis also shared that an average household on island of San Pedro throws out 0.43Kg/Day and businesses throw out 0.60Kg/Day. A total of daily waste collected in San Pedro is 23.7 tons. This number was gathered in a survey conducted by Hydroplan in 2011 and also revealed that 52% of garbage collected was biodegradable, 38% of people questioned stated that they do not sort out their garbage, 75% of the people stated that they are satisfied with the garbage collection process on the island and 46% of the people agreed that we should pay a fee for garbage collection, 38% of which agreed to a $10-15 cost and 27% agreed to a $16 - 20 cost.

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