{"id":230287,"date":"2025-03-22T18:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T22:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=230287"},"modified":"2025-03-22T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T22:19:27","slug":"mp-calls-for-action-to-eliminate-toxic-smoke-at-cooks-landfill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/mp-calls-for-action-to-eliminate-toxic-smoke-at-cooks-landfill\/","title":{"rendered":"MP calls for action to eliminate toxic smoke at Cook&#8217;s Landfill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2746712175\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2101472139\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>MP RICHARD LEWIS SAID: \ud835\uddd8\ud835\udddf\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde0\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddeb\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd6 \ud835\udde6\ud835\udde0\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddde\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\udde2\ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udded\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd7\ud835\udde6 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddde&#8217;\ud835\udde6 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\udddf\ud835\udddf<\/p><div id=\"antig-2428335532\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cook&#8217;s Landfill has become a greater health hazard to the residents of the St. John&#8217;s Rural West Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The frequent landfill fires have exposed the residents of Five Islands, Hatton and Denfields to toxic smoke. We, the villagers, are waking up to a blanket of toxic smoke over the village far too often.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3084630064\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3255824907\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0979\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:245\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:838\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 838w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:939\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1280\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This has reached a breaking point and it is time for real solutions to this perennial hazardous situation. The relocation of the Five Islands Primary School closer to the landfill is even more reason for the issues to be expeditiously addressed.<\/p><div id=\"antig-715716476\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the health and safety of the residents, I again call for the immediate overhaul of operations at the Cook&#8217;s Landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following issues continue to plague the operation of the landfill:<\/p><div id=\"antig-274603794\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There is a serious shortage of technical staff. There is reactive management rather than being proactive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The landfill is more overwhelmed than ever before.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standard procedures are often ignored. This includes failing to cover landfill waste with soil at the end of the workday. As a matter of fact, not enough soil is provided to cover the waste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff members are suffering with inadequate equipment, and are not being provided with the training they require to address the deteriorating situation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are serious waste compaction issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is very little waste separation, if any. Everything, including combustibles and raw sewage, goes to the landfill. Waste separation should ideally start at the producers of the waste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The tyre shredder is still not in use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worst of all, the authorities have failed to seriously address the toxic fires and the litany of other problems at the Cook&#8217;s Landfill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is therefore imperative that the Ministry of Health and NSWMA immediately chart a completely different course to bring a hasty resolution to the recurrent toxic landfill fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, they must urgently seek the expert advice and assistance required &#8211; from outside of Antigua and Barbuda, if necessary.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1013240187\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1115\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, I urge NSWMA to implement a proper Waste Diversion Plan and Policy, to ensure constant health hazards and operational issues become a thing of the past.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1049504830\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard S. Lewis MP<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1432391669\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MP RICHARD LEWIS SAID: \ud835\uddd8\ud835\udddf\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde0\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddeb\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd6 \ud835\udde6\ud835\udde0\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddde\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\udde2\ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udded\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd7\ud835\udde6 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddde&#8217;\ud835\udde6 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\udddf\ud835\udddf The Cook&#8217;s Landfill has become a greater health hazard to the residents of the St. John&#8217;s Rural West Constituency. The frequent landfill fires have exposed the residents of Five Islands, Hatton and Denfields to toxic smoke. We, the villagers, are waking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":230288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":["post-230287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-antigua","tag-antigua-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MP calls for action to eliminate toxic smoke at Cook&#039;s Landfill - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/mp-calls-for-action-to-eliminate-toxic-smoke-at-cooks-landfill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MP calls for action to eliminate toxic smoke at Cook&#039;s Landfill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MP RICHARD LEWIS SAID: \ud835\uddd8\ud835\udddf\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde0\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddeb\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd6 \ud835\udde6\ud835\udde0\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddde\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\udde2\ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udded\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd7\ud835\udde6 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddde&#8217;\ud835\udde6 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\udddf\ud835\udddf The Cook&#8217;s Landfill has become a greater health hazard to the residents of the St. John&#8217;s Rural West Constituency. 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