| Although the notion of recycling has been touted time and again to help tackle the solid waste situation here in Guyana, Head of the Secretariat of the National Task Force for Sustainable Development and Climate Change within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Dr Sewnauth Punalall, is contending that this is currently not a workable option.“I use to say that it would be wise for us to have recycling plants here but because of our small population we do not generate enough garbage to run those plants. They require a certain volume and at the present time the government has considered it to not be feasible to establish such a plant,” asserted Dr. Punalall.He however noted that a venture that Government is currently considering is the conversion of waste into smaller bits and having them compressed and exported to countries where recycling plants are in operation.Dr. Punalall’s disclosure came during an address at a Ministry of Education spearheaded forum at the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) on Thursday to address the role that education can play to aid the efforts of sustainable development.The Task Force,Wholesale Nike Air Max 97, according to him, has also been seeking international support in the quest for sustainable development.Dealing with the country’s drainage situation is also one that is gaining the attention of the Task Force, Dr. Punalall said. In this regard, he said that attempts are being made to collaborate with the Government of the Netherlands.“It is not that we are not trying to connect with international people,Andy Greene Jersey, we are trying our best…” said the Task Force head as he stressed the need for solid waste management and proper drainage, among sustainable issues.It was with keen focus on sustainable development, he said, that Cabinet last June, approved the establishment of the National Task Force. This body, according to him, is tasked with putting measures in place that caters to the rehabilitation of the country.“This was decided because of the state in which the country has fallen physically, morally and otherwise,” said Dr. Punalall, as he pointed out that “it has been over many years that the people of this nation have been going to other lands to make it their homes and people from other lands do not come here anymore like old times to establish their homes.”Like all organizations, the Task Force has a mission statement, which stresses that it is established to “restore Guyana as a land of great attractiveness, a land of great prosperity and one that offers a good life for all of its citizens and all of its visitors.”Even as he described the work of the Task Force as “critical”, Dr. Punalall alluded to the need for investment and unity for the desired outcomes to be realised.As such,Alex Formenton Jersey, he noted that the Task Force involves not only the Government through the Ministry of Public Infrastructure but it also sees collaboration from the business community.And there are plans to expand this collaboration, Dr Punalall noted, as he stressed the need “to transform our country into a land that is cleaner,Cheap NHL Jerseys, a land that is safer; a land that is more sustainable.”And according to the Task Force head,Nike Air Max 95 Mens, those who haven’t had the privilege of travelling to the interior locations of Guyana have been denied access to some of the real beauty of this land.“You would not have really experienced the great beauty of our country. Guyana is really, really a very beautiful country but a lot of its beauty is hidden behind the problems that we have to correct,Arizona Coyotes Gear,” he asserted.And some of these problems are all too prevalent on the coastland. Dr. Punalall presented, for example, a situation of a beautiful flower garden that is laced with unsightly garbage.“This is in essence what we have to deal with,” said Dr .Punalall as he emphasized the need for sustainable development in order to ensure that there is a quality Guyana for the future generations.Realising sustainable development, he added, could even translate to a change of the daunting traffic situation that motorists are often faced with.The Task Force will therefore be looking to address the prevailing congestion situation.Moreover, he noted that sustainable development would mean a change of lifestyle choices. “This process is really a slow one because people are sometimes very settled in their choices so I am saying to all of us here that you have got to make some choices, some adjustments, some reprogramming of your life if you want to have a balanced life that displays respect for nature and our relationship with animals, etc,” said Dr Punalall.The Task Force currently has two arms – that is, the Commission, that is headed by Major General (Ret’d) Joseph Singh that caters to technical aspects, and the Secretariat (headed by Dr. Punalall) that has responsibility for the administrative work. |
