Woman says Ministry of Health has not paid since last July for plastic bottles turned in for recycling

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Ministry of Health & The Environment Headquarters — at Lower High St, St John's Antigua.

Source- Real News Antigua: The Ministry of Health is accused of owing a number of residents for plastic water bottles they collected and turned in under its “Plastic
Waste-Free Island” initiative.

The recycling programme was launched on July 7, 2021, with the
Ministry of Health boasting that, after two weeks, it had collected
over 26,0000 PET code (1) plastic soda and water bottles.

The object of the initiative was to fight plastic pollution and to
ensure that Antigua and Barbuda reduces its carbon footprint by
recycling plastic bottles; and those taking part were promised 20
cents per bottle.

However, one participant is complaining that she has not been paid
since July last year.

The woman – who says this situation is not fair – claims she has kept
a record of the number of bottles she turned in at a drop-off site.
She says she is not the only person affected: She has had
conversations with other residents who took part in the initiative,
and they also complain they have not been paid since July 2023.

Allegedly, some people are owed several hundred dollars, and the
disgruntled woman says she needs her money to pay her utilities.
Critics say that, if true, this will be yet another black mark against
the Ministry of Health, which has been falling short of public
expectation for quite a while now.

Its recycling initiative was held under the tagline “Giving New Life to
Your Trash,” and the bottles collected were expected to be processed
at ABWREC and exported to a recycling plant in  Mexico.

Officials had said that, following this, the bottles would be
processed, converting them back into raw material to  be  used for
new containers.

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7 COMMENTS

  1. My son has been collecting bottles for the entire year of 2023, in December we cashed out for the monies because he was travelling with his Dad to St. Lucia to spend Christmas with his grandparents…….he got nothing. I called health and they said their experiencing technical dificulties and will call when the funds are ready to date NOTHING. Ministry of Health disappointed a 10 years old child. Shame!!!

  2. Sir ShitForBrains strikes again. Everything this guy touches turns to shit…and he’s so pompous with his deplorable record. SMDH

  3. My mother walk and look bottle in the hot sun and 2 weeks time she crying for her back so y’all please do what y’all doing she want her money

  5. This is the truth! I have been to the Ministry of health month after month only to hear that there is No money since last year! I was paid up to last year March and Nothing after that! I am storing my bottle in my garage since I am not being paid! Crying Shame!

  6. Social security has not paid a cent of survivor’s benefits since my mom died last year in May 2023 😢 and I’m 15 years old smh. I hate this place 😭

    • This is scandalous @ High Schooler. I hope someone in the Cabinet has read your concerns and are going to deal with it.

      I’m lost for words!!!

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