Mayor Calls on City Residents to Report Litter Bugs

While discussing Belize’s garbage dumping hotspots, the mayor mentioned that the council is still cracking down on littering. He pointed out that finding evidence of these violations can be tricky, so he urged residents to report any offenders or help by snapping photos of the act in progress.

 

Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City

“ We have enforced on several occasions in Belize City. It carries a hefty fee and if caught in the act, but it’s a joint effort between the DOE and the Belize City Council. But we have done a lot of work, enforce that on several occasion, but you have to have the real evidence. So it really requires participation from the community as well. If they see people dumping, if they could quickly notify the officials or enforcement team or the D.O.E. and then we could have that evidence to really ticket them and really pursue it the way we want to.”