I am one of 13 blessed Peace Corps Volunteers who arrived in the Federation of St. Kitts/Nevis on August 18, 2007. The country is 2 main peaceful sister islands in the eastern caribbean. We finished training and were sworn in on September 14, 2007. 
Currently there are no recycling facilities on either St. Kitts or Nevis. The director of the SK Solid Waste Management Authority is also a former Associate Peace Corps Director! There is at least one local brewery (Carib) on SK that encourages the return and reuse of glass bottles and one water bottling company (Island Purified Water) that does the same for plastics. There are no separation bins to sort recyclable items and so, the new landfill that they thought would last 15 years is almost full, uncovered, and extremely oderous.
Currently there are no recycling facilities on either St. Kitts or Nevis. The director of the SK Solid Waste Management Authority is also a former Associate Peace Corps Director! There is at least one local brewery (Carib) on SK that encourages the return and reuse of glass bottles and one water bottling company (Island Purified Water) that does the same for plastics. There are no separation bins to sort recyclable items and so, the new landfill that they thought would last 15 years is almost full, uncovered, and extremely oderous. 
Looks so exciting!!! Congrats on making it out there and thanks for pointing me to your blog, I'm so excited to see that you've started!!!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful, you are truly affecting change. Can't wait to read all about your progress.
ReplyDeleteeven though the group picture is tiny tiny- you still stand out in the group!
ReplyDeleteHey babybird! I look forward to reading more. See you Thursday!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're doing a blog. I can't wait to hear about your adventures! Miss you.
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