National Solid Waste Management Authority

8 Business View Caribbean “We’re funded from the central government and mon- ies collected from property taxes. We also engage in commercial activities to generate some income for ourselves to augment the shortfall that we get from the central government.” That extra income comes from the “tipping” fees charged to commercial users of the agency’s waste processing facilities. In a further attempt to maximize resources, Pryce says that the Authority is committed to the possibility of transferring some of its responsibilities over to private hands. “We are not averse to privatizing some aspects of what we do, if there are persons who are better- equipped to do it,” he admits. The NSWMA is also looking into “the whole business of converting trash