Membership and Affiliations Activity Highlights

As a beneficiary of the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean), St. Kitts and Nevis was invited to a study tour on End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) Management in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe.

The representatives from St. Kitts and Nevis included Mr. Franklyn Connor of the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) and Mr. Lexington Bedford, Landfill Director.

The June 13 to 14 2023 tour was an opportunity for country representatives to observe best available techniques and best environmental practices for End-of-Life Vehicles management in the Region. The study tour was supported and facilitated by project partners from the Directorate of Environment, Planning and Housing in Guadeloupe under the leadership of Mr. Phillippe Wattiau, Head of the Sustainable Development and Environmental Assessment Mission.

The visitation sites included:

Energiopole and DEAL: At these sites, the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) and e-waste goes through the process of being separated and shredded down to its final product for shipment to France to make steel and other products.

GwadaPark: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastic is ground and mixed with rubber crumb, which is derived from tire processing. With this mixture, 100 percent recycled soil stabilization slabs are produced. Products are also manufactured from the by-product of sugarcane, bagasse.

The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean) serves as the executing agency for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Caribbean Projects (GEF 10279, GEF 10472 and GEF 10258) under the GEF-funded program entitled “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island States (GEF-ISLANDS)”, implemented by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAQ) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).