Local News Recycling bill slashed, says Prescod by Barbados Today 23/02/2019 written by Barbados Today 23/02/2019 2 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 241 Government’s monthly obligation to the Sustainable Barbados Recycling Centre (SBRC) will soon be reduced by more than 50 per cent. This was revealed by Minister of the Environment and National Beautification Trevor Prescod, who disclosed that government was currently renegotiating its contract with SBRC and would see them move from paying the company $2 million per month to less than $1 million monthly. However, Government remains indebted to the recycling company owned by businessman Ralph Bizzy Williams to the tune of more than $20 million. The minister was responding to questions from Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley, who asked for clarity on Government’s relationship with SBRC, which receives and processes the island’s solid waste. “There are lots of details that time would not permit me to go into them, but what I can tell you is that Government at present is renegotiating the arrangements in the contract. The outcome of those arrangements will be made known at the appropriate time. “But the costs that we pay to SBRC will be reduced to more than 50 per cent of what was arranged before and we believe that is a great achievement. In other words we would be going below the $2 million we were paying monthly, so you know what kind of money we’re talking about,” Prescod said. You Might Be Interested In Crystal Beckles-Holder, 2nd runner up in regional competition GUYANA: Body of child found after gold mine collapses Barbadians asked to help with return tickets for Haitians “According to what I describe as preliminary information, I believe that we should find ourselves paying below $1 million a month. It was more than unreasonable really for us to be paying $2 million a month for that service,” the minister added. General manager of the Sanitation Service Authority Janice Jones explained that prior to the debt restructuring, SBRC was owed “over twenty something million dollars”. She said however, the debt was now in the hands of the Ministry of Finance. Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Caribbean education in crisis, World Bank warns 18/02/2025 Tackling guns the big problem 18/02/2025 QEH in heart attack care initiative 18/02/2025