Topic: recycling
Pallets for pups: Recycled doghouses tackle neglect in Cayman
Old shipping pallets that once carried livestock feed at the Department of Agriculture are being given a second life, this time as sturdy shelters for dogs in need.
Solid waste plan: More recycling and diverting from landfill
Government is exploring new collection sites across Grand Cayman as part of its strategy to tackle the problem of what to do with the island’s waste.
Local recycling effort fights to reduce waste at George Town landfill
Cayman could be doing a lot more to recycle and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill but investment in the right infrastructure is badly needed says Jason Brown of Island Waste Carriers.
Bottles become building blocks as glass recycling returns to Grand Cayman
The public is being encouraged to bring their used glass bottles and jars to recycling depots as glass recycling returns to Grand Cayman after a more than two-year break.
Record number of discarded tyres at landfills posing fire risk
More than 10 million pounds of discarded tyres are sitting in landfills on all three islands, posing a significant fire risk, according to Department of Environmental Health Director Richard Simms.
Brac’s storm-wrecked recycling ‘fish’ Dory retires
Dory, the giant plastic-eating 'fish' on Cayman Brac, was one of the few casualties of last month's Hurricane Beryl on the island.
All-woman recycling team dedicated to a greener future
The Department of Environmental Health's all-female team at Recycling Centre is on a mission to futureproof the islands for generations to come and they are urging the community to come together for a cleaner, greener Cayman Islands.
Landfill deal dubbed ‘unaffordable’ as costs escalate
A plan to replace Cayman’s landfill site with a suite of waste-to-energy and recycling facilities had snowballed into an ‘unaffordable deal’ that risks ‘bankrupting’ the country, former Finance Minister Chris Saunders has claimed.
Feeding Dory: ‘Plastic-eating’ fish celebrates 3rd birthday
Residents of Cayman Brac readily and regularly feed empty plastic water bottles and containers to a giant fish called Dory, made of PVC piping and netting, that is the face of plastic recycling on the island.
Public outcry as glass recycling suspended
As the world's leaders gather at COP27 to address climate change, environmental efforts closer to home took a step backwards on Monday.
17.5 tons of Brac recyclables shipped to George Town landfill
More than 17 and a half tons of aluminium cans, plastic containers, batteries and tyres from Cayman Brac, which arrived on two 40-foot containers, have been deposited at the George Town Landfill, ready to be shipped off island for recycling.
9-year-old pushes for recycling in Bodden Town
On the heels of Oly Rush swimming 65 miles around Cayman to raise awareness of plastic pollution, 9-year-old Caymanian Yuvraj Graham-Campbell has joined the initiative to rid the island of such waste.
Reuse centre could turn trash to treasure
Mark Nicoll is advocating for the creation of a ‘Reuse Centre’ which could accept and store discarded materials and divert them to charities.
Tracking Cayman’s recyclables
While people’s green efforts may end once they throw their recyclables into the multi-coloured bins at local supermarkets, that is only the beginning of the journey for those plastics and tins.
DEH seeks new location for Red Bay recycling depot
The closure of the recycling depot at Grand Harbour over the weekend has left the Department of Environmental Health in search of a new location for residents of the Red Bay and Prospect communities to deposit recyclables.
CUC exports more than 1 million pounds of recyclable material
Caribbean Utilities Company has implemented a programme that so far has exported the equivalent of almost three "football fields" of recyclable materials, including electrical transformers, waste oil, rubber, copper, steel, brass, aluminium, streetlights, wire, wood and concrete.
New recycling containers for eastern districts
The Department of Environmental Health has placed new recycling containers for public use in the eastern districts.
700 tons of bulk waste collected
The Department of Environmental Health has stressed the need for more recycling efforts after it collected more than 700 tons of materials during its bulk waste campaign in late 2019.
MLAs need to set green example
Over the past few years the world has become more and more aware of the very serious and real damage plastic is doing to...
Letter: Take your recycling home
I have been visiting George Town for approximately 20 years. In the beginning, recycling was not an option. It always felt odd to throw so many items in the garbage.
Letter: Don’t discourage recycling habits
Currently, we are deterring people from continuing to recycle, causing the most detrimental part of our island, the dump, to expand at a rapid rate.
Bigger recycling depot opens in North Side
North Siders are now able to drop off glass and plastic for recycling at an expanded depot in the district.
The Jimi Hendrix bottle cap experience
The spirit of rock legend Jimi Hendrix has been revived in a spectacular 8-foot artwork made entirely from recycled bottle caps.
Local entrepreneur goes 3-D with recycled plastic printing
A local tavern owner envisions a future where recycling no longer involves separating various plastics and hauling them to dedicated dumpsters in the corner of a supermarket parking lot.
Schools get jingle fever
Cayman’s primary school children are literally singing the praises of recycling and waste reduction, with four schools submitting “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” jingles for an Earth Month competition hosted by the Department of Environmental Health.
Letter: Supermarkets, please help reduce plastic waste
I would also recommend that [supermarkets] use paper containers that are more eco-friendly and are compostable.
Recycling, one tire at a time
A company run by Junior Achievement students has found a way to cut down on the number of used tires that end up in the George Town landfill by recycling them into colorful pet beds and eye-catching plant holders.
Cayman Mixologists get creative with eco-friendly cocktails
Cayman has a problem with waste. Anyone who has taken part in a beach clean-up will be familiar with the amount of plastic rubbish that washes up on the sand, while last month the Cayman Compass reported on the issues around recycling efficiently on-island.
Teenagers pioneer recycling initiative in West Bay
Two teenagers, Jade and Luke Barnard, have begun a small-scale recycling business in West Bay at the Shores and at Highlands to encourage people to recycle their trash.
Inadequate recycling
Today's editorial cartoon
EDITORIAL – Recycling efforts: All packaging, little substance
The trouble with “feel-good solutions” is they offer the illusion of progress without addressing the problem. Mollified by the soothing certainty that “someone” is doing “something,” we drift ever farther from any meaningful mitigation or resolution.
Recycling picks up on Cayman
The Cayman Islands Department of Environmental Health says it is busily catching up on the waste it recycles.
Please keep Cayman clean
I write to you as a concerned resident. I have lived in Grand Cayman for a very long time. I have always felt good about living here, but lately I don’t quite understand where our civic pride has gone.
Phone book recycling program begins
Recycling containers are in place throughout Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac for people to drop off their old phone books for recycling.Yello’s annual Yellow2Green recycling program started last week, culminating the weekend before Earth Day, which falls on April 23.
Cabinet approves sending landfill plan out for bids
Cabinet on Tuesday approved a new plan for the George Town landfill, including a waste-to-energy plant to incinerate waste. The new waste management strategy calls for capping the landfill, creating a new recycling facility on the site and reducing the amount of waste going into the landfill by 95 percent.
No new landfill site in waste plan
Turning trash into electricity in a waste-to-energy plant is a central part of government’s new national waste management plan, which includes no new landfill site. Jim Schubert, the senior project manager, said the plant would be key to achieving the ambitious target of diverting 95 percent of waste from landfill.
Firewood an innovative take on recycling
Cutting and splitting wood on a hot day might not be an idea of fun for most people. But for one local known as “Cayman’s recycling king,” it can be good for the pocketbook.
Government taking over recycling depots
The government’s Department of Environmental Health will take over private recycling efforts at seven “curbside” depots throughout Grand Cayman on Wednesday.
Government to take over recycling stations
Starting June 1, private collection and recycling company Junk, owned by former Deputy Premier and Minister of Education Rolston Anglin, will no longer service Cayman’s seven recycling depots.
District students take action for Earth Day
Doing their part for the planet on Earth Day, Year 5 students at Edna M. Moyle Primary School in North Side took the opportunity to educate their fellow students about the serious issue of waste, advocating for the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling.
Recycling program collects 21,000 phone directories
The Cayman Islands Yellow Pages has collected more than 21,000 used phone directories through its annual Yellow2Green recycling program, organizers said.
New recycling depots set up
New recycling drop-off depots have been set up at parks and beaches across the island in a new initiative to help divert more waste away from the George Town landfill site.
Talk sheds light on mangroves
A hands-on presentation on the local mangrove population was one of the latest events taking place on Cayman Brac marking Earth Month.
Meet Cayman’s king of recycling
If there’s anyone who can be considered the embodiment of the saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” Bodden Town resident Emile Levy fits the bill.
Phone book recycling under way
Collection bins are in place throughout Grand Cayman for people to drop off their old phone books for recycling.
Recycling firm to remove tires
After five previous unsuccessful attempts to find a buyer for a mountain of scrapped tires at the George Town landfill, officials now plan to pay a recycling firm to get rid of them.
Letter to the Editor: Cayman recycling a mess
Author says recycling bins at supermarkets are not set up properly.
Top stories of 2015: The year of the report
The theme for government in 2015 may well have been “The Year of the
Report.” Ministers and civil servants have been going through a yearlong
review of the EY Report, which calls for numerous government reforms.
'The Beast' to recycle Christmas trees
The Department of Environmental Health will be putting its new wood grinding machine, nicknamed “The Beast,” into action in the New Year’s to recycle Christmas trees.
Beachside trash yields treasure – and then some
The GREEN team organized a high schol beach cleanup on 21 November.
Landfill conundrum: ‘Location, location, location’
In irony almost beyond words (but not quite), the government's "solution" to the George Town dump site is to make it permanent.
Lack of new landfill raising questions about waste management
The failure to identify a new site for landfill undermines government’s attempts to develop a long-term waste management strategy, critics have warned.
Wesleyan youth express Christmas creativity with 'three Rs'
With Christmas just around the corner, one school is coming up with an innovative and environmentally friendly way for students to help celebrate the season.
Artist Maureen Lazarus to exhibit 'recycled art' in December
Artist Maureen Lazarus will be presenting her latest "recycled art" works in the Community Gallery at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands through the first two weeks of December.
Cayman Islands Brewery wins big at Caribbean festival
The Cayman Islands Brewery garnered a number of medals at the 5th Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival in St. Maarten held earlier this month.
Recycling to expand in the new year
Government is working to get more recycling stations set up around the islands in the beginning of next year, according to Jim Schubert with the Public Works Department.
Bad debts a problem for public health
Over the past decade, the Cayman Islands public healthcare system has failed to collect some $120 million in debts owed for services rendered. (That's a lot of jetways!)
Helping hand for nesting birds
Many types of birds make their nests on Cayman Brac’s cliffs and rocky shores, but due to an unfortunate chance convergence of ocean currents, its rugged coastline also accumulates masses of floating garbage.
Stalling, stalling, stalling, stalling, stalling, stalling …
In large measure, this PPM government was elected on the singular campaign promise that it had the solution to the George Town Landfill — and it didn’t.
Dump strategy aims to cut waste by at least 85 percent
Recommendations in the new solid waste management strategy, essentially what to do with the George Town landfill, focus on how government can prolong the dump’s useful life beyond summer 2021.
Avoiding the inevitable at the landfill
Here’s our feedback on government's National Solid Waste Management Strategy: Decide what you’re going to do about our country’s solid waste problem — and then do it.
Landfill to reach capacity in 2021, say consultants
Consultants say the George Town landfill will reach capacity by summer of 2021 unless a new strategy for managing solid waste is introduced.
A new National Solid Waste Management Strategy for the Cayman Islands, released for public consultation Monday, estimates that even with all of the recommendations to reduce and recycle trash, the George Town landfill would have only “a limited number of years” beyond 2021.
Ocean-based power a step closer to reality
In a small but significant development, with implications for the Cayman Islands, Hawaii has opened the world’s first Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant.
Young Caymanians embrace a sustainable future
Thirteen teenagers learned about sustainability and environmental issues thanks to United World Colleges.
Artists gallery and workshop opens
A new space for artists will be available in Camana Bay over the next five weeks.
Run was a glowing success
The second annual Glow Run 5K attracted 635 registered runners on Saturday, more than double the number that signed up for the inaugural event in 2014.
Waste-to-energy study advised for landfill
The possibility of using garbage fumes from the George Town Landfill to produce electricity should be investigated, a consultant’s report recommends.
Solar farm planned for Health City
Health City Cayman Islands has announced plans for a “solar farm” at the East End site that will help meet just under half of the hospital’s power requirements.
Can 'lone wolves' do much more than howl?
Independent "lone wolf" politicians might find themselves on the endangered species list when the Cayman Islands adopts single-member constituencies.
Who will choose to run in the 'Dump District'?
If Cayman's solid waste management operations remain in George Town, who's going to run in the "dump district?"
Wanted: Old eyeglasses
The Lions Club of Tropical Gardens is collecting used eye glasses and sunglasses as part of a charitable recycling program.
