Alcohol Abuse Advice

This recycling program in Antigua targeted used beverage containers (plastics and aluminium). These containers form a huge percentage of the waste stream in Antigua & Barbuda and enter the environment with adverse impacts on the coastal and marine environment. These containers are also capable of creating trans-boundary waste in the Wider Caribbean Area. Materials collected island-wide, from communities, businesses and schools, and then were processed and exported to recycling centres in North America and Trinidad. Revenues earned from the sale of the materials were used to cover the operating costs of the program and keep it sustainable. The project successfully reduced the amount of plastic and aluminium beverage containers entering the environment by at least 40% of 2003 estimates after 18 months (the project completion date); informed and educated the public on the benefits of recycling and encourage participation in the national recycling programme; created sustainable employment for less privileged citizens, such as the handicapped, and recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in managing a viable recycling business enterprise; and improved the enabling environment for recycling in Antigua and Barbuda by advocating for changes to the Environmental Levy Act.
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