Business View Caribbean - August 2016 77
BVM: Can you explain how the Authority came into
being?
Auguste
: The Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management
Authority was first established in 1996, by a piece of
legislation called The Saint Lucia Solid Waste Manage-
ment Authority Act, in order to facilitate the implemen-
tation of a project for the development of waste man-
agement facilities on Saint Lucia. The project was part
of the regional Organization of East Caribbean States
(OECS) project for improving waste management in
the OECS, an initiative which was funded partly by the
World Bank (WB) and partly by the Caribbean Develop-
ment Bank (CDB). The aim of the project was to assist
in improving the health status of the population within
the OECS and the wider Caribbean.
In Saint Lucia, the project involved the establishment
of a sanitary landfill at Deglos, in the northern part of
the island, and a waste management facility in Vieux-
Fort, in the south. That waste management facility
in Vieux-Fort was already a managed dump site, but
the Deglos Sanitary Landfill was brand new because
it became necessary to replace a previous landfill at
Ciceron which was also located in the north, and which
was approaching closure. Therefore, the Authority has
existed since 1996. In 2004, the government of Saint
Lucia sought to transform the Authority from a project
to a full-fledged Statutory Body that could provide lead-
ership for waste management in Saint Lucia. That Body
was established by way of the Waste Management Act
# 8 of 2004, with a subsequent amendment by the
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
The Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management
Authority
WHAT:
A statutory body responsible for the
collection and disposal of residential and govern-
mental solid waste
WHERE:
Castries, Saint Lucia
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