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Our recycling depot in Whitehall, Negril, Westmoreland has been re-opened. The depot was closed to the public late 2021, to enable major upgrades to the facility.
The re-opening was made official in a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 17, attended by the company’s executives and members of the Negril Chamber of Commerce, NCC.
Speaking on behalf of RPJ, newly assigned General Manager, Gairy Taylor, says RPJ ensured the Negril Depot was reopened in time for the busy tourist Winter season with predicted record high numbers. He says more visitors equals more plastic products being consumed, and the company stands ready to ensure that this high demand is greeted with the facilities to recycle them.
The Negril depot is used to collect, sort, and bale PET (type 1) and HDPE (type 2) plastics from across South-Western Jamaica. The depot was made possible and sustained through a partnership with the Negril Chamber of Commerce.
RPJ Schools Programme in western parishes will increase activity at the depot
The Marketing and Public Relations Manager of RPJ, Candice Ming, noted that over the coming months, the company will be ramping its promotion activities in Westmoreland and Hanover to increase activity at the depot, including the onboarding of schools across the two parishes to the RPJ Schools Programme. The programme has been revamped from the previous competition format, to one where all schools will now financially benefit from all the plastics they collect, and RPJ will provide them with the receptacles, storage and promotional material needed.
Recycling is very important to Negril
Speaking on behalf of the NCC, Daniel Grizzle, proprietor of Charela Inn, noted that recycling is very important to the way of life in Negril. Negril thrives on its effortless beauty and recycling is one way to preserve that. This importance is what initiated and sustains the partnership with RPJ, as the NCC seeks to ensure the vibrancy of the popular resort space is not marred by improper waste, especially of plastics.
Negril was one of the first Recycling Partners of Jamaica plastic bottle processing facilities throughout Jamaica and the reopening now brings to seven, the number of recycling depots established by the company. Recycling Partners of Jamaica has as its mission to retrieve 85% of the 800 million plastics produced in Jamaica annually.
Persons are now able to leave their bagged PET and HDPE plastics to this upgraded location, where they can be weighed for payment under the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
