-company says waste released after truck got stuck
Residents of Bartica last week said that a waste management firm dumped sewage in the community but the company said that its truck got stuck in a sandy path and the driver and porters released some of the waste, without the knowledge of management, to lighten the weight of the vehicle so that it could move.
According to a press release sent out by The Bartica Development Action Group (BDAG), Countrywide Disposal Services (CDS), contracted to empty septic tanks into their disposal trucks had been discarding the contents of the trucks onto the parapet of the Bartica-Potaro road, a mere 20 feet from the road itself for a week. The release also stated that the trucks were dumping the waste in the centre of a foot path used by Bartica Hospital staff, in front of the Bartica Airstrip
