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Journey To Becoming "Da Compost King"
Journey To Becoming "Da Compost King"
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Nicholas Fox - also known as 'Da Compost King' introduced us to his Christmas tree collection for composting project now in its third year. The certified compost operations manager telling Our News he was first inspired to begin composting by a high school teacher.
Sustainability First: Recycling Christmas Trees With Da Compost King
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Nicholas Fox, also known as, Da Compost King, is the founder of Soul and Soil and as a certified compost operations manager, he's in his third year of Christmas tree collection for composting.
Exploring the world of composting
Exploring the world of composting
Think back to when you were a child taking in your plate filled with some food item you despise. If you close your eyes, you may even be able to hear your grandmother's voice, firm and strong, commanding you to eat your food. Like clockwork, she further chastises you with the words, "there are starving children around the world who wish they had this food to eat”. Still, you push the food aside ...
JA Company's Seedlings in Compostable Cups Will Assist Backyard Farming
The Junior Achievement Company 'BTC Horizons' paid a courtesy call on Minister of Agriculture & Marine Resource, the Hon. Michael Pintard recently to present the Minister with a sample of this year’s product...
Town Planning Committee seeking further information from Paradise Island Yacht Club developers
Town Planning Committee seeking further information from Paradise Island Yacht Club developers
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Town Planning Committee believes additional information is required from the developers proposing the renovation and expansion of the Paradise Island Yacht Club before deciding on their application, according to its Chairman attorney Keenan Johnson. Johnson confirmed to Eyewitness News that the committee has not reached a Decision regarding the application submitted [.....
New Providence Ecology Park considering converting methane into sustainable power
NPEP celebrates five years NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The New Providence Ecology Park is considering introducing and developing landfill-gas-to-energy infrastructure to capture methane and convert it into sustainable power. This move comes as the park celebrates the success of its five-year landfill management plan, which has eliminated uncontrolled fires and significantly reduced its carbon footprin...
New Providence Ecology Park Celebrates Five Years of Transformative Environmental Impact in The Bahamas
New Providence Ecology Park Celebrates Five Years of Transformative Environmental Impact in The Bahamas
In 2019, the New Providence Ecology Park (NPEP) embarked on a massive undertaking, to remediate the landfill site, notoriously known as "the dump" by controlling the issue of mounting waste and employing sustainable solutions to transform this vital ecosystem. Five years later, NPEP has made significant strides towards environmental sustainability, commemorating its fifth anniversary with an exten...
Environment officials tour New Providence Ecology Park
The Hon. Vaughn P. Miller, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources; the Hon. Zane Lightbourne, State Minister for the Environment and Launa Williams, Acting Director, Department of Environmental Health Services led the list of government officials who recently toured New Providence Ecology Park (NPEP).
Waterless toilet failure at prison
Waterless toilet failure at prison
Some of the waterless toilets the government hoped would eliminate slopping in the maximum security wing of Her Majesty?s Prison have
had to be taken out because they were not working, Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest confirmed yesterday.
Turnquest told The Nassau Guardian that there were a number of challenges with the waterless toilets, or composting toilets, which cost the gove...
No 'smoking gun' found to stop RCI's PI project, says environmentalist
Atlantis' environmental consultant Eric Carey told reporters yesterday that he could not find the "smoking gun" that would discredit Royal Caribbean International's environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its Royal Beach Club project, that is set to be built on the western end of Paradise Island. Eric Carey, who is the chief executive officer of ONE Consultants, and the ...