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That will mean the end of the dump site in Orange Walk - and now the waste will be send to this new area. Communications Officer Tyronne Chimilio told us more:...

Tyronne Chimilio, Communications Officer, Belize Solid Waste Management Authority
"We held this event today. It's a land transfer from ASR/BSI to the Belize Solid Waste Management Authority. The land has been entrusted to us to execute the Belize Solid Waste Management Project. It is an extension of project one and we are about to close down the open dumpsite in Orange Walk and construct a transfer station that would be servicing this community. At the transfer station of course we will receive the waste. It is the same process like the other one. We are going to extract the recycling material and the waste will be long haul from the transfer station in Orange Walk to Mile twenty four at the regional sanitary landfill. Today marks a very important event for us because this has been in the pipeline for a long time and of course with the newly design transfer station, it is able to facilitate resource recovery of recycle material which is very important to the success of this project."

Reporter
"How big is the area that ASR has donated to you?"

Tyronne Chimilio
"They have donated 25 acres of land for the transfer station and of course for disaster preparedness in case an event happens that is catastrophic we still have land space to properly dispose of those waste."

Reporter
"The IDB is the main funders. How much money is the IDB contributing and what is it that you will do with the funds?"

Tyronne Chimilio
"They have contributed 10.2 million dollars; 10 million from the IDB and 200,000 from the government of Belize and with that we are going to conduct a massive campaign to socialize people more about the project and of course since we want to have residents from the beneficiary municipalities and those municipalities are Corozal, Orange Walk, Dangriga, Belmopan, Placencia, Punta Gorda - we are advocating now for separation at the source. So we want to have a 2-bin cycle where people could dispose their waste. We want residual garbage in one and then we want recyclable in the other one."

Form here, the garbage will be hauled to mile 24 on the Western Highway.