Jamaicans are slowly getting hip to the idea of recycling
E-Waste (Electronics Waste).
This as the NSWMA (National Solid Waste Management) has
declare that the six (6) month Electronic Waste (E-Waste) pilot project was a
success as reported in the article “NSWMA
Reports Positive Results From E-Waste Pilot”, Published Monday August 31,
2015, The Jamaica Gleaner.
The E-Waste Collection Pilot Project, which began in May
2015 as explained in my blog article
entitled “NSWMA
e-Waste Collection Initiative – Telecom Providers, Jamaica's E-Waste Problem
and Starting Electronics Manufacturing Industry”, is slated to come to an
end on Sunday, September 27th, 2015.
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Based on the results thus far, the NSWMA Collection Team
will compile the results from the E-Waste Collection Initiative as noted by Community
relations manager at the NSWMA, Shauna Guthrie. This data will be used by the
Ministry of Local Government to make a decision as how best to expand this
project islandwide to collect E-Waste all across Jamaica!!
Dear reader, a quick recap of what the E-Waste Collection
Pilot Project was all about is necessary at this point!
NSWMA's E-Waste
Collection Pilot Project - Ending in September may mark a new chapter in
E-Waste Collection in Jamaica
The pilot initiative was aimed at getting Jamaicans into the
habit of recycling E-Waste such as:
1.
CPUs
2.
Mobile phones
3.
Printers
4.
Monitors
5.
Laptops
6.
Keyboards
7.
Computer mouse
8.
Chargers
9.
Cables
E-Waste collected exposed to a very strong oscillating
magnetic fields so as to depolarize any storage media and thus permanently
erase any data stored on Flash drives, Hard Drives, SD Cards and Floppy discs.
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The E-Waste Collection Pilot Project wasn't aimed at of the
communities in Kingston and St. Catherine, but mainly at the following
communities:
1.
Duhaney Park
2.
Patrick City
3.
Harbour View in St. Andrew
4.
Hellshire in Portmore, St. Catherine
5.
Angels 1, 2 in Portmore, St. Catherine
6.
Angels Grove in Portmore, St. Catherine
Persons outside of these areas can participate by dropping
off their E-Waste at the following locations:
1.
NSWMA head office, 61A Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston;
2.
Dermason Plaza, in Independence City, Portmore
3.
King Street in Spanish Town (next to the fire station)
The data collected will help the NSWMA to decide the best
way to scale up the collection, storage, and monetization of the Electronics
they receive from the participant in the Project.
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It'll also be used by the Ministry of Local Government,
which controls the NSWMA, to guide the creation of a Law regulating the proper
disposal of E-Waste generated by Telecom Providers, manufacturers and MSME
(Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise) in Jamaica!
More on this when the NSWMA’s E-Waste Collection Pilot
Project goes islandwide!
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