The garbage situation in Barbados has reached a deplorable state.
Even though Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) workers have returned to work following a week-long strike, large pile-ups of garbage have now become commonplace across the island.
This is the unsightly scene on the compound of the Sanitation Service Authority’s headquarters at Wildey.
And despite the fact that the National Conservation Commission (NCC) and other private operators pitched in to help bring some relief to the situation, their efforts have not been enough to prevent the unsightly loads and pungent smells of garbage.
When a Barbados TODAY team took a tour through St Michael this afternoon, they were greeted by large heaps of refuse dumped alongside the road.
It is scenes like this one on Country Road that led the Shadow Minister of Health Maria Agard to express concern about the possible impact of the rising sea of garbage on the health of Barbadians.
It’s quite messy outside this public bath at Green Park Lane.
What has become a children’s playground has been inundated with mounting heaps of refuse at Green Park Lane.
A pile-up at Ellis Village, Queens Park.
In one instance in Reed Street, The City, children were seen playing alongside a huge pile of debris.
Only last week, Shadow Minister of Health Maria Agard expressed her concern that the pileup of waste across the island could pose a serious health threat to Barbadians.