PUBLIC NOTICE: National Solid Waste to Restart Derelict Vehicle Removal Program
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) wishes to inform all citizens and residents that the Derelict Vehicle Removal Program will resume operations every Wednesday effective 21s May 2025.
This program is part of our ongoing effort to maintain the safety, cleanliness, and aesthetic of our community. Derelict or abandoned vehicles not only pose safety hazards but also detract from the visual appearance of our neighborhoods.
According to the Litter Control and Prevention Ac, No. 3 of 2019, Section 13 (1), it states that “Where any derelict vehicle is left in any public place in such circumstances as to cause, contribute to or tend to the defacement of the environment by reason of the presence of such derelict vehicle, the local authority may give notice to the owner or last known owner of the derelict vehicle requiring him to remove the derelict vehicle from the public place within twenty-four hours of such notice.”
What You Need to Know:
* Vehicles considered derelict may include those that are inoperable, unregistered, abandoned on public property, or pose a public safety risk.
* Property owners are responsible for ensuring that any derelict vehicles on their property are removed or properly secured.
We encourage residents to report derelict vehicles by contacting the litter hotline: 727-BINS (2467) or 562-1347.
Let’s work together to keep our community safe and clean.
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Comments (8)
Teacher for Life May 20, 2025, 3:34 PM
On lookker May 20, 2025, 4:16 PM
Ryan May 20, 2025, 5:42 PM
Food4thought May 20, 2025, 7:20 PM
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Juju Bee May 20, 2025, 8:49 PM
I would be happy if this was an ongoing venture
Unruly One May 21, 2025, 12:11 AM
Sick n Tited ah de Talk September 26, 2025, 12:44 PM
What about car repair places in the middle of residential areas?
What about gutters in non-populated places not cleaned? What about removing debris from drains and leaving it to wash back into the same drain? What about the tar and gravel from road work on people land? Give me an ASPRIN and PARACETAMOL!! And all the mini-potholes left to become mammoths for want of a little bitumen? Cabinet wants to be conveniently frustrated. If a law was in place and implemented, there would be no need for any big drive. The derelict car, once abandoned would be moved forthwith. All the MICROMANAGEMENT, to look like efficiency, but it is only PSEUDO!