PRESS STATEMENT TO LAUNCH THE “BE A HERO, MAKE YOUR BAHAMAS A CLEAN SAFE BAHAMAS” CAMPAIGN
HON. ROMAULD FERREIRA, M.P., MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT & HOUSING
CONVENTION CENTRE ATLANTIS, PARADISE ISLAND 15TH OCTOBER, 2018
-CABINET COLLEAGUES;
-PERMANENT SECRETARY,
-JANICE MILLER;
-SENIOR OFFICERS;
-MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, GOOD MORNING.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN TH AT HIGHER CRIME RATE S AND MORE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IS EXHIBITED BY CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY ILLEGAL DUMPING AND STREWN LITTER . A N AMERICAN STUDY REVEALED THAT CRIME WAS REDUCED I N HIGHLY DENSE URBAN AREAS OF LOW - COST PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN THERE WERE CLEAN , GREEN SPACES .
WITH THESE TESTED CONCLUSIONS IN MIND, TODAY THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOUSING MARKS THE COMMENCEMENT AND
FORMAL LAUNCH OF THE “BE A HERO, KEEPING THE BAHAMAS CLEAN GREEN AND PRISTINE" CAMPAIGN.
IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR (2017) THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & HOUSING LAUNCHED THE NEW PROVIDENCE CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN. THIS WAS A BIFURCATED OR TWO PRONGED APPROACH WHICH BEGAN WITH COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN SOME CASES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE OTHERE PRONG OR CRITICAL ELEMENT OF THE NE PROVIDENCE CLEANUP CAMPAIGN WAS TO BRING ABOUT A FINAL RESOLUTION TO THE NEW PROVIDENCE SANITARY LANDFILL. THIS WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT AS THE WASTE COLLECTED FROM THE CLEANUP CAMPAIGN HAS TO BE DEPOSED OF PROPERLY. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NEGOTIONS WITH THE SELECTED BIDDER
PROVIDENCE ADVISORS WRDG IS PROGRESSING AND WE EXPECT TO CONCLUDE OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT VERY SOON.
I WISH TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MY PARLIAMENTARY COLLEAGUES WHO ORGANIZED THEIR CONSTITUENCIES AND MOBILIZED THEIR RESOURCES TO CLEAN-UP. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES THAT JOINED IN TO FULFILL THEIR MANDATE AS GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR PLANET.
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