Communities in Antigua and Barbuda must take greater responsibility for their surroundings if national clean-up efforts are to succeed, according to the head of the National Solid Waste Authority.
Indira James-Henry said progress had been slow because many residents continued to rely on government intervention instead of maintaining areas outside their homes.
Speaking on state media, she said basic upkeep such as clearing gutters, cutting verges and properly disposing of bulky waste was often neglected, even after sanitation teams had completed work in an area.
Ms James-Henry warned that indiscriminate dumping on vacant land was undoing the impact of costly clean-up operations, which require significant manpower, equipment and public funding.
She said long-term improvements would only be possible if communities accepted ownership of cleanliness and supported the work already carried out.
The comments come as an island-wide clean-up programme continues, with derelict vehicles being removed from several communities.
Last week, the National Solid Waste Authority, supported by the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force and the Central Board of Health, completed work in Yorks and has since shifted operations to Villa and Point. A major clean-up of the city is also planned.
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Why asked them to clean up? What about the bus stops with the broken glass? What about the accident that happened right before longford police station,no one cleaned up the glass or the broken wood bus stop, up to now ..this government is a joke… poor antigua we are now losing respect around the world.. for being law less .. people steal vehicles and no one gets charged.. gangsters with red passports.. you do the math .. don’t just blame trump .. yes HE’s an ass .. but gassy dread is pulling up the rear also 🫏 …
Help around all the Spanish bars government help us these ppl destroying the fabric of Antigua with the nastiness, in Martin villa 3 bars pan one road lower Ottos oh lawrd jack more Spanish bars more than churches and schools please help us
Penalized and write tickets to residents who throws heavy trash behind other ppl properties and empty land in the community, when they throws it in your backyard and you come out and talk they cuss you out and say this piece is government we need a hot line to report them come out and issue tickets when they have to pay they will stop.
Can’t have national pride when half of the people are immigrants who don’t care; when we aren’t heavily teaching people from school ages up, constantly and consistently, to keep the place clean; and where there are no heavily enforced litter laws.
Cleanliness is a mindset. If children grow up seeing trash everywhere, it becomes normal.
Some people have no pride in community.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
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