Can anyone tell me if there are any recycling programs in Nassau, either Government run, or private industry?

I'm thinking specifically about aluminium cans, beer or soda pop. Are they being recycled, or simply being buried at the Harold road dump? How about paper and cardboard ? Is it being seperated, and being recycled?

Any one know about this?

Jim Bunting. Toronto.

Can anyone tell me if there are any recycling programs in Nassau, either Government run, or private industry?
I'm thinking specifically about aluminium cans, beer or soda pop. Are they being recycled, or simply being buried at the Harold road dump? How about paper and cardboard ? Is it being seperated, and being recycled?
Any one know about this?
Jim Bunting. Toronto.

why you want to know...
you planing on opening up something....
We does recycle kalik bottles...

Can anyone tell me if there are any recycling programs in Nassau, either Government run, or private industry?
I'm thinking specifically about aluminium cans, beer or soda pop. Are they being recycled, or simply being buried at the Harold road dump? How about paper and cardboard ? Is it being seperated, and being recycled?
Any one know about this?
Jim Bunting. Toronto.

We ship it all to Toronto.

Canewry:

Yes, I have an investor here in Canada who wants to find out about the situation, re the possibility of starting a recycling business in The Bahamas. This would create jobs for Bahamians, as well as cleaning up the roadsides and the vacant lands, which, if I remember my last visit down there, were strewn with junk of all kinds.

I'd appreciate it if someone would give a sensible answer to my inquiry. It makes no sense, to me, to see that valuable materials are beiing buried in a landfill site, instead of being collected and sold at a profit, and at the same time, those materials are creating a blight on the landscape of New Providence. The appearance of a place ( New Providence ) that is littered with pop cans, plastic bags and food warappers, does little to encourage return visits by Tourists, does it?

Jim Bunting. Toronto.

As far as I know, no.

Even if their is one, I am sure we could do with others.

Why not consider Freeport for your recycling company? The garbage pickup in FPO is fairly organized and very standard. You shouldn't have too much trouble convinicing John Q. Public to sort the trash and and put the paper and plastic in their fancy blue waste bin.

Besides FPO needs the jobs, and with 45,000+ people the market is there.

Can anyone tell me if there are any recycling programs in Nassau, either Government run, or private industry?
I'm thinking specifically about aluminium cans, beer or soda pop. Are they being recycled, or simply being buried at the Harold road dump? How about paper and cardboard ? Is it being seperated, and being recycled?
Any one know about this?
Jim Bunting. Toronto.


Yes. There is a private company that recycles aluminium and buys old steel and cars. As for all of the other stuff, I think that the Caribbean bottling Co. does their own recycling.

Yes. There is a private company that recycles aluminium and buys old steel and cars. As for all of the other stuff, I think that the Caribbean bottling Co. does their own recycling.

Even more of a reason to come to Freeport. :D

Competition is a beautiful thing!

Robert's Used Car Lot & Scrap Metal
Joe Farrington Rd.
Nassau, Bahamas

There are companies that recyle aluminum and glass bottles and scrap metal...We do need a paper and plastic recycling plant tho.

most are just being dumped at harold road .. ;)
There is no law to recycle and even if there was, I doubt Bahamian would follow it, like everything else, especially since many laws simply arent enforced.

Can anyone tell me if there are any recycling programs in Nassau, either Government run, or private industry?
I'm thinking specifically about aluminium cans, beer or soda pop. Are they being recycled, or simply being buried at the Harold road dump? How about paper and cardboard ? Is it being seperated, and being recycled?
Any one know about this?
Jim Bunting. Toronto.

They recycle tons of Kalik, Vita Malt, Guinness and Heineken bottles on the east west highway. Honestly thats all i know of.

Sunny john:

Aluminium cans are the best scrap material to collect and recycle, because in Florida, that material is worth about $1,000 USD a ton.

I would target hotels, bars and golf clubs, and marinas, by providing a free pick up service, and free collection barrels, and pay a price per hundred pounds, to the owners. Weigh each barrell and pay at the end of each week, by cheque to the owners of the property.

Individuals could also collect cans on their own, and bring them into a depot, for a cash price, by the pound.

My Wife , who is a Bahamian ,has family connections in Nassau, that was why I mentioned it first, but of course GB could also be a place to do business, too.

Jim Bunting.

Lynette:


Paper and plastic are less valuable than aluminium. Perhaps a different business idea might be.............a secure on site document shredding service, with a large shredder mounted in a truck, so that "sensitive documents" can be destroyed at the location and then removed for incineration, under controlled security.

Banks, investment companies, and of course the Bahamian Government's many ministries would all be potential customers.

Jim Bunting.

Rory;

Don't make it a "law" make it " worth their while " by offering cash for the cans, and watch the stuff disappear from the roadsides, when people find out that they can get CASH for cans at the recycling depot.

Money is a great motivator, even in Nassau. <grin>

Jim Bunting.

They did a can thing here some time back, "Cans for Kids"

I found the collection cans mostly filled with trash. The idea was to have them shipped to West Palm via container.

Have to think about this...cost of bins, collection, compacting and shipping to the recycling places in Florida is a hugh expense. My wife and I thought about it 5 years ago.

Good Luck