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By Nakinskie Robinson
Residents and business operators in Chudleigh and Brockery districts in Christiana, Manchester are expressing grave concern over the pile-up of garbage at some receptacles.
The residents complain that not only is the garbage pile-up unsightly, but it also poses risks to their health.
They say the overflowing receptacles are infested with rats, and dogs and homeless people rummage through the heap.
In Chudleigh, they say the infrequent garbage collection has exacerbated the issue.
"Sometime all two week it nuh clear, all three week it nuh clear. Different people come from all parts of other communities come throw eh garbage inna eh skip. You have people with supermarkets, when they have rotten stuff, if somebody have a dead dog, this is where they come with it," one resident bemoaned.
He called for the authorities to remove the dump site from the area.
Meanwhile, Regional Operations Manager for the National Solid Waste Management Authority, Sheldon Smith, told Radio Jamaica News that the volume of garbage dumped at these sites has overwhelmed the system and created a backlog.
"If the persons were keeping [the garbage] at their gate in a drum, we would reach them much better," he asserted.
Some residents in Brockery also called for the anti-litter law to be enforced.
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