76 April 2016 - 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
