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Dear all concerned with our environment,

This is a reminder that the recycling presentation will be this coming Wednesday November 8th.2006 at the Great Bay hotel from 10am-noon.
The Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation together with the Sint Maarten Chamber of Commerce will jointly be hosting Mr. Jacques Chouraki. Mr. Chouraki is president of ECODEC, a French company based in Guadeloupe since 2000, specialized in household and industrial solid waste treatment.

ECODEC is currently recycling plastic waste from Caribbean locations, through local partenrships, islands include Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominican
Republic, Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia, St.Vincent and Trinidad. ECODEC is also recycling used car tyres from Guadeloupe,Martinique and Antigua.

This is a great oppertunity to hear how recycling is working on our neighboring islands. On St.Maarten, we are reaching our landfill's capacity to bury garbage, landfills create not only eyesores, but contribute to rodents and underground fires. While there has been talk for a incenerator for the island, Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation believes that a more responsible and safer solution should be looked at such as recycling and reusing our waste.

This presentation is open to the concerned public and environmental groups.

Jadira Veen
Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation
President