The temporary holding site at the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill is now accepting waste from Georgetown and the East Bank of Demerara, while garbage from the East Coast will continue to be collected at the Lusignan Landfill.
This is according to Project Director of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme Gordon Gilkes, who told Stabroek News that although the fire at the Haags Bosch site is under control there are still pockets of smoke emanating from the pile. The fire had been burning since December 20, 2015.
“The taskforce, including the Guyana Fire Service and the contractor [BK International], is working together to completely douse the fire. Right now, we are mobilising several more pumps so that we can attack the fire from several directions simultaneously. We have two pumps working right now but
