Garbage
The proper management of the collection and disposal of garbage is of utmost importance in any country. This is
sadly lacking and it results in many diffferent types of problems. These include the outbreak of diseases, garbage
being dumped into our gullies and waterway, unsightly garbage piles and fires as persons attempt to burn the
garbage.
The first step that is needed is for householders and businesses to seperate their garbage in plastic, paper and
cardboard, tins and kitchen waste. These should be taken to seperate disposal site where the renewable portions
are recycled. This would prevent must of the garbage from ending up in the dump and instead are converted into
useful products. With the great increase in the use of electronic equiptment, it is also important that disused
equiptment are properly disposed of.
The disposal of chemicals, used fluids from motor vehicles and batteries are of major concern. At present there is
no clear policy for the disposal of the these waste. Expired chemicals from agricultural sources, and industries
often end up in the soil or at our dump instead of being properly neutralized into safe compounds before being
disposed of. Used engine oil, transmission fluids, power steering fluid, brake fluid and coolant are often disposed
of by garages and private individuals in an unsafe manner. There are no prescribe method or monitoring for the
disposal of these fluids which do great damage when the get into the soil and underground water source. Motor
vehicle batteries and the many batteries used in electronic equiptment such as cell phone, laptops computers,
remote controller and games also need to be properly disposed of. Old appliances, motor vehicles furniture and
construction waste also pose a big problem as in many case they are simple dumped in unused lot and left to rot.
This monitoring as well as penalties for the improper disposal of garbage must be put in place.
JAP will put in place measures and new laws to ensure the timely and proper disposal of garbage and the
necessay penalties for where breaches occur. This will prove to be far cheaper and better than trying to correct
them in the future when years of mismanagement begins to take a worst toll.
The proper management of the collection and disposal of garbage is of utmost importance in any country. This is
sadly lacking and it results in many diffferent types of problems. These include the outbreak of diseases, garbage
being dumped into our gullies and waterway, unsightly garbage piles and fires as persons attempt to burn the
garbage.
The first step that is needed is for householders and businesses to seperate their garbage in plastic, paper and
cardboard, tins and kitchen waste. These should be taken to seperate disposal site where the renewable portions
are recycled. This would prevent must of the garbage from ending up in the dump and instead are converted into
useful products. With the great increase in the use of electronic equiptment, it is also important that disused
equiptment are properly disposed of.
The disposal of chemicals, used fluids from motor vehicles and batteries are of major concern. At present there is
no clear policy for the disposal of the these waste. Expired chemicals from agricultural sources, and industries
often end up in the soil or at our dump instead of being properly neutralized into safe compounds before being
disposed of. Used engine oil, transmission fluids, power steering fluid, brake fluid and coolant are often disposed
of by garages and private individuals in an unsafe manner. There are no prescribe method or monitoring for the
disposal of these fluids which do great damage when the get into the soil and underground water source. Motor
vehicle batteries and the many batteries used in electronic equiptment such as cell phone, laptops computers,
remote controller and games also need to be properly disposed of. Old appliances, motor vehicles furniture and
construction waste also pose a big problem as in many case they are simple dumped in unused lot and left to rot.
This monitoring as well as penalties for the improper disposal of garbage must be put in place.
JAP will put in place measures and new laws to ensure the timely and proper disposal of garbage and the
necessay penalties for where breaches occur. This will prove to be far cheaper and better than trying to correct
them in the future when years of mismanagement begins to take a worst toll.
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THE JAMAICA ACTION PARTY
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