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Second edition of ‘Trash Talks’ opens

First, it was Jimi Hendrix … fashioned from bottle caps. Now, artist Marc Laurenson has created a portrait of Mick Jagger from cast-off toys. The large...

Sargassum and trash in Cuba

Julio Batista Rodríguez Periodismo de Barrio In Guanahacabibes, at the western end of Cuba, the garbage and sargassum carried by the sea’s currents have changed the...

Letter: Keep litter ‘pigs’ at bay

In Cayman, we like to practise ‘Cayman Kind’ with respect and friendliness offered to all residents and visitors alike.

Letter: Well-planned development is welcome in Barkers

Development of the area is not wrong if it is done properly. Where would Cayman be today without development?

Letter: Trash in Bodden Town

The irony is the slogan touted some time ago, “No garbage in Bodden Town.” Now, my residents, you have it.

Household junk, en route to landfill, piles up on streets

Used mattresses, appliances, electronics, old furniture, car tires and metal items are beginning to pile up along Cayman roadsides.

Bottles top list of plastic waste

A new report by Plastic Free Cayman analyzes more than 6.5 tons of plastic trash the organization’s volunteers collected during 12 cleanup events over the past year.

Letter: Work together to keep Cayman clean

Our country was also known to be one of the cleanest, if not the cleanest in the Caribbean. LET’S KEEP IT THIS WAY.

Cayman Clean

Today's editorial cartoon

EDITORIAL: Cleaning up our act – on roadways, beaches and lots

The Cayman Islands are already known as one of the most beautiful, most stable and safest destinations in the Caribbean. Wouldn’t it be equally desirable to be thought of as one of the cleanest as well?

‘Where’s the beach?’: North Side cleanup highlights pollution problem

A group of North Side residents took cleanup efforts into their own hands Friday when they removed large amounts of debris from a stretch of beach between a family cemetery plot and Chisholm’s Supermarket.

Ghostly littering in Cayman Brac

I think it must be the capricious activity of a duppy! Or several duppies. It must be several. They are the mythic entities, nondescript shape-shifters, that roam the Cayman Islands, especially the Brac … and up on the bluff.

Cleanup sparks call for further action

The tally was considerable, the volunteers were weary and, in terms of making Bodden Town a cleaner place, the result was a positive one at this year’s Earth Day cleanups in the district.

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