BSWAMA Official Says Garbage Problem Solved

Aldo Cansino, the Acting Director of the Belize Solid Waste Management Authority, told News Five that the issue wasn’t about procedures but rather contract management. He assured that the problem has been resolved with the contractor, and garbage should no longer be piling up in the front yard of the landfill facility in San Ignacio.

 

Aldo Cansino, Acting Director, BSWAMA

“We sat down with the operator, we highlighted several issues with the contract; he highlighted several concerns. Through dialogue, we were able to iron out some of those issues on both sides and we were able to proceed.”

 

Marion Ali

“Can you share those concerns?”

 

Aldo Cansino

“The road caused a delay and that diminished the number of trucks that came in. And from our end we had issues with timely payments. So these things – dialogue is important and that’s how we are able now to work together. We are joined at the hips because he has a contract and we have an obligation. So we’ve been trying to work it out. If you had come here sometime last year you would have seen that garbage was piled all the way to the front. Working with them, we almost had it back to normal so the plan that we had been executing was working. We also was looking at contingencies in the event that didn’t work so we already had identified how we would have addressed it like a plan B and a plan C.”