Dear Editor/Newsroom, On 12th April 2021, before a Joint Select Committee, Mr. Ronald Milford, Solid Waste Management Company Limited (SWMCOL) Chairman stated that 95% (700,000 tons) of our country’s waste is dumped annually into landfills. Whilst Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) acknowledge the Chairman’s concerns, SWMCOL has failed in its 40-year existence to develop an adequate garbage sorting […]
Date: October 19th, 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Plastic waste should not be the taxpayers burden whose money continues to be wasted while economic opportunities are lost. Underprivileged communities which have limited employment and which are strategically in position to earn from recycling are left out in the cold while our ecosystems and health are compromised, polluted and contaminated by plastic microfibers […]
Date: August 5th, 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) conducted a massive Beach clean-up in Point Sable Beach, La Brea on Saturday 3rd August 2019. FFOS thank the six (6) corporate sponsors for their Leadership- Trinidad Generation Unlimited (TGU), Atlantic LNG, The ICARE Recyclable Solid Waste Collection Project, The Shipbuilding and Repair Development Company (SRDC), Peterson […]
Date: April 27th , 2018 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Massy Stores must be commended for taking the lead in promoting zero tolerance for plastic bags. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, plastic bags are used for an average of 12 minutes; at least 267 different species have been affected by plastic pollution in the ocean; 100,000 marine animals are killed by […]
Date: October 6th 2017 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) congratulate the Honourable Minister of Finance for proposing to implement an “environmental tax” of $20 TTD per automotive tyre imported into Trinidad and Tobago. It is hoped that this tax will cover the cost of proper disposal of used tyres and curb indiscriminate dumping but how was […]
Date: June 1st , 2017 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Why delay Beverage Containers Bill? When business leaders lead, the world gets closer to sustainability. Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) commend a business giant, Mr Norman Sabga, CEO and Chairman of the ANSA McAl Group of Companies for emphasizing the need for the development and implementation/enforcement of legislation to deal with […]