IDB Loans Big Money For Waste Management

Yesterday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the IDB's General Manager for Central America, Gina Montiel signed a loan agreement for US$10 million. The funds will be used to finance transport, recovery, and disposal of public waste in Belmopan and towns and villages in the north and south of the country. As part of the 5-year program, six existing dumpsites will be closed and replaced with transfer stations, and the Mile 24 Regional Sanitary Landfill will be expanded and upgraded. The Solid Waste Management Authority will administer the project, and Government will provide US$200,000 in counterpart funding.