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Congratulations to the National Champions of CNC3's Make Your Point, Queen's Royal College, and the Runner Up Hillview College.
SWMCOL is a proud sponsor of Season 2 of Make Your Point.
Our Public Education team attended the recording of the season finale and distributed prizes on behalf of SWMCOL, to both teams who made it to the finals.
We wish all the participants of Make Your Point the best in their future endeavours.

SWMCOL, FEMCol, and CWWA joined forces under SWMCOL’s Empowering, Sustainable Communities (ESC) initiative my community, my responsibility in relation to waste segregation, recycling, beautification, and composting.
The project’s objectives are to foster pride and care for the environment, including protection of eco-systems, conservation of valuable natural resources, restoration, and the enhancement of green spaces. Through ESC, SWMCOL has established and partnered with FEMCoL which is a company under the Trinidad & Tobago Housing Development Company (HDC) and the Caribbean Water & Wastewater Association (CWWA).
On Saturday 13th April the program rolled into HDC Riverside North Corinth with (HDC) FEMCoL’s team headed by Mr. Wesley George, President -Elect of the CWWA Board of Directors Ms. Candice Santana and her team, and the project was supported by Mr. Kenneth Wallace landscaping company Ltd and the residents of HDC Riverside North Corinth.

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Happy World Water Day!

Every year World Water Day is celebrated on March 22nd. This year’s theme is “Water for Peace”. This theme highlights the connection between water and how it is used to spark conflict and can be used to promote peace.

According to the United Nations, when water is scarce or polluted, or when people struggle for access to water, this can create tension.

The theme also centres on the value of fair and sustainable use of water and its role as a “stabilizing force and a catalyst for sustainable development” (United Nations, 2024).  For more information on World Water Day and the theme “Water for Peace” visit the United Nations’ website or click the link in bio.

In support of World Down Syndrome Day, the staff at SWMCOL Head Office and SWMCOL Tobago showed off their colourful socks. We support the call to

Soroptimist International, Newtown Trinidad (SINT) partnered with SWMCOL to engage the students of St Ursula's Girls' Anglican Primary School for the United Nations International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. The first phase of this engagement involved using plastic bottles to make planters, a tutorial on food waste, composting and propagating crops, followed by SWMCOL's Island Eco-Trip game. The second phase involved a tutorial on how to repurpose plastic bottles and turn them into beautifully decorated planters. On March 14th 2024, SINT and SWMCOL returned to St Ursula's to complete the final phase of the collaboration with a crop propagating and seed planting activity. The students were eager to plant their crops and expressed knowledge on the importance of planting our own food. Thank you to the Principal and Teachers of St. Ursula's Anglican School for accomodating our visit.

Fire at the Beetham Landfill

Women are the most likely to be affected by the degradation of the environment, as well as the ones who manage environmental resources such as water and soil on the most basic levels. That is why, on International Women’s Day, SWMCOL celebrates the contribution of women to the environment and encourages their inclusion in policymaking and decisions that affect the conservation of the environment.

Happy International Women’s Day 2024 from SWMCOL, Your Partner in Defence of the Environment.

Graphic credit: internationalwomensday.com

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It was an absolute delight to present at Chandernagore Presbyterian Primary School today. The students were informed on the impacts of littering, the importance of proper waste disposal and introduced to the 3 R's solution which is to and ♻️

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