A Dart-led consortium has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the proposed Integrated Solid Waste Management System (ISWMS) to be implemented in the Cayman Islands.
ISWMS will replace the current landfill in George Town, which is nearing the end of its life.
The new system is expected to process and divert up to 95 per cent of waste from being landfilled in the future. It is to be operated as a public-private partnership, with the successful consortium awarded the contract on a “design, build, finance, operate and maintain” basis.
The Department of Environmental Health will continue to provide waste management collection services for ISWMS.
Ground-breaking is expected this summer for a phased implementation of the new waste management system, with the aim to have it fully operational by 2021.
ISWMS will include the closure, capping and remediation of the current landfills on Grand Cayman and the Sister Islands, with recycling, composting and a waste-to-energy approach at the heart of the new operations.