Cadwell Inc. will be removing the pile of scrap metal from the landfill.
SABA--The public entity Saba recently signed an agreement with the Boca Raton, Florida, company Cadwell Inc. to remove all recyclable material from Saba, including the pile of scrap metal at the landfill, car wrecks, and the storage facilities’ contents of recyclable glass, cardboard, aluminium, plastic and tires.
Commissioner of Waste Management and Infrastructure Bruce Zagers, who signed the agreement with Cadwell, explained that the project to remove all recyclable waste fits in Saba’s policy to recycle as much waste as possible and, once collected and prepared, to ship it off-island.
The first step for Cadwell will be to remove the large pile of scrap metal that has been accumulating at the landfill for several years. Cadwell, which works with local subcontractors on this project, will clean and prepare the scrap metal for shipping. Part of the project is an island-wide clean-up of car wrecks and other large pieces of metal.
The next step will be to remove the recyclable glass, cardboard, aluminium, plastic, tires and motor oil from the storage facilities at the landfill. These storage facilities are full and need to be emptied as part of a continuous process to recycle waste on Saba.
“By doing this, we will establish a regular process of the removal of recyclables instead of having them accumulate too much,” said Zagers.
H explained that it is difficult to get rid of these materials and to transport them off the island. That is why he is content with the agreement with Cadwell, which will take all the materials on a barge to recycling facilities in the United States.
He said the company was working on the logistics and that hopefully the barge will arrive here within the next few weeks.
Zagers warned motorists to exercise caution when driving along the road towards the gas station and landfill, because the containers that are now in the container yard behind the Harbour office will be parked alongside that road to make space in the container yard for the cleaned scrap metal which will be stored there until the barge comes.
Cadwell’s Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Andrew Cadwell is already well-acquainted with Saba, as he has worked with the Saba Electric Company (SEC) on different projects.
Cadwell’s President and co-founder Joan Cadwell said the company aims to further assist with the continuous removal of all future recyclable material on Saba on a regular basis and to use local subcontractors throughout the process.
The Public Works Department is also involved in the project. Zagers, Public Works head Russell Thielman and Andrew Cadwell said they will be working closely together “to ensure that this process is not only a success, but that it reflects a new beginning to further-regulated waste management.”
