DEH boss says residents will be prosecuted for untidy garbage bins Loop Cayman Islands

Black Immigrant Daily News

Richard Simms, Director of the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) made it clear at a Prospect community meeting last night that “If you don’t clean and keep and care [for] your properties, then you might find yourself being prosecuted even though it’s your own place.”

In making the statement, Mr Simms was specifically referring to garbage bin enclosures, which some residents (island-wide) sometime leave overflowing for the DEH to collect.

In the case of Prospect, Mr Simms noted that the newly hired DEH officer, Ms Rakiema Johnston, who is assigned to Prospect, will be monitoring how compliant Prospect residents are with the DEH rule.

Mr Simms explained:

It is your responsibility to keep your enclosures clean.

If you don’t do that, what’s going to happen, Ms Johnston is going to come around and take pictures and document that.

Then, what’s gonna happen next [is that] you’re gonna receive an abatement notice from me.

Mr Simms emphasized that, because of this rule and DEH’s enforcement plans, it is important for residents to ensure that they use proper garbage bags and that there is no loose waste around your bin.

If you have loose waste around your bin, we are not going to collect it.

We are only going to collect what is in a bag.

Mr Simms noted.

Mr Simms warned that non-compliance with the DEH rule not only means that prosecutions will take place, but communities will be impacted by rodent infestation. This situation could also make communities less sanitary and further, may impact the beauty and enjoyment of those who live in such communities, as one meeting attendee put it.

For residents who wish to learn more about the DEH rule, they may contact the DEH at 949-6696 or email DEH at dehcustomerservice@gov.ky or visit the DEH’s website at www.deh.gov.ky or message DEH’s Facebook page at https://bit.ly/3LEK55q

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