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THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has signed a contract to export compost to a Bahamian company identified as one of the largest exporters of pineapples and other farm products in the Caribbean.
The agreement will see Santiago Farms using the product for farming and landscaping projects in The Bahamas.
The development marks the NSWMA’s first international compost export order and comes less than one month after the commercial aspect of the local compost operation was rolled out at the Denbigh Agricultural Show.
The first shipment of 12 tonnes should leave the island this week, Joan Gordon-Webley, executive director of the NSWMA said.
"The agreement is the first international order for the National Parks and Garden compost,” Gordon-Webley said.
She added: "We are extremely happy to be exporting compost so early in the life of this product. Our compost was introduced to the market just last month and I am very proud that already it is destined for overseas.”
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The agreement will see Santiago Farms using the product for farming and landscaping projects in The Bahamas.
The development marks the NSWMA’s first international compost export order and comes less than one month after the commercial aspect of the local compost operation was rolled out at the Denbigh Agricultural Show.
The first shipment of 12 tonnes should leave the island this week, Joan Gordon-Webley, executive director of the NSWMA said.
"The agreement is the first international order for the National Parks and Garden compost,” Gordon-Webley said.
She added: "We are extremely happy to be exporting compost so early in the life of this product. Our compost was introduced to the market just last month and I am very proud that already it is destined for overseas.”
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1a2729sLG