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The Cayman Islands Government  and the Decco Consortium issue a joint statement revealing capping and covering the main mound at the George Town Landfill is expected to start early next year (2020).  Tipping operations will be moved to lower areas of the landfill to facilitate capping and covering the main mound. 

The statement says the Terms of Reference for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) were submitted to the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) this month along with the Remediation Options Report for the George Town Landfill.   

It also says that because the policy, strategy and outline business case for the Integrated Solid Waste Management System (ISWMS) went through a period of public consultation before receiving final government approval, the EIA will focus on the design and impact of the proposed ISWMS facilities. These include: a Waste to Energy (WtE) facility, a materials recovery facility, a green waste composting facility, a construction and demolition waste facility, a bottom ash processing facility, an end-of-life vehicle and scrap metal processing facility, a household waste recycling centre and a residual waste landfill.   Government and DECCO anticipate the EAB will complete its review of the draft Terms of Reference in the coming weeks and “look forward to providing more details at that time.”

That statement also said that although negotiations have taken longer than initially anticipated, the extended consultation period is “not unusual for contracts of this scale and complexity” and said “the Cayman Islands Government and Decco Consortium are equally committed to ensuring that ISWMS solution is implemented in a timely manner while representing a long-term, environmentally sustainable and value for money solution for the country.”