Increase in ‘holiday’ garbage could be harmful, Mayor warns

Garbage at La Penitence Market yesterday

With the upcoming busy Christmas season, solid waste is expected to increase by as much as 60%, and Mayor Hamilton Green is appealing to all citizens to practice better garbage disposal.

At a press conference on Friday, Green said that this significant increase in garbage could have dire effects on the health of citizens. “What makes this situation more untenable and painful is that we are in the second week of November and it is known in our culture that beginning from now, there will be a rapid increase in waste, and things to be disposed of…We have asked people to purchase containers to dispose of their garbage, to sprinkle their garbage with Jeyes fluid or some disinfectant and to also ensure that they