NSWMA Gets Grant To Purchase Trucks
WRITTEN BY: GARFIELD L. ANGUS, MARCH 23, 2022 The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has received a grant of US$210,936 from the Embassy of Japan, for the purchase of two compactor trucks. The grant has been made under Japan’s Grant Assistance for...
Ageing and depleted fleet hampering NSWMA operations
Published:Monday | November 8, 2021 | 12:06 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is bemoaning the acute shortage of reliable trucks, which is negatively impacting the organisation’s...
Food security push
Sandals Foundation encourages farmers to explore compost production for personal use, economic gain, waste reduction and environmental protection Monday, October 25, 2021 Local farmers and farming interests are encouraged to explore compost production for personal use...
Fire at Church Corner Disposal Site
Sunday, October 17, 2021 KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) assisted by the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is working to extinguish a fire at the Church Corner Disposal facility in St Thomas. Executive Director of the...
Foreign investors must comply too, says NSWMA boss
Friday, October 01, 2021 BY HORACE MILLSObserver writer LINSTEAD, St Catherine — Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon has declared that foreign investors will not be spared as the agency intensifies its effort to...
NSWMA boss paints bleak picture for garbage collection
Published:Tuesday | October 12, 2021 | 3:06 PM The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has painted a worrying picture of any immediate plans to effectively address garbage collection across the country. NSWMA head Audley Gordon told members of a...
NSWMA To Get 50 Compactor Trucks
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (left), addressing a media briefing on September 10 at the NSWMA’s offices in Kingston. Also pictured is Board Chairman of the NSWMA, Dennis Chung.
JSIF hands over garbage truck to NSWMA
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 KINGSTON, Jamaica - Garbage collection in the Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited region, which covers Trelawny, Hanover, Westmoreland and St James, should be improved, as the Jamaica Social Investment Fund...
KSAFA leads initiative with Kick It Clean campaign
The Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) and its partners will host a Kick it Clean event on Saturday, August 22 from 6:00 am to 12 noon. All the KSAFA members along with clubs from Clarendon, St Ann, Trelawny and St Catherine will participate in the...
SPM to increase garbage collection with new trucks
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Regional operations manager for Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) Waste Management, Edward Muir, has said that there will be an increase in the collection of solid waste following the recent addition of...