Recycling drop-off site now at Caymanas Park

Caymanas Park in Gregory Park, St Catherine now has a designated drop- off area for plastics to be collected for recycling. This follows a partnership arrangement between Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) and Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) which offers patrons and local residents a convenient option to drop off their plastic bottles for recycling, and encourages sustainable environmental practices at Caymanas Park and its environs.

Aswanda Stoddart, assistant vice-president of administration at SVREL, noted in a release: “As a key business in the area, we understand our role in contributing to the economic and environmental vitality of the community. We have been proactive in implementing sustainable development processes, and this partnership with RPJ is our most recent initiative.”

“This new drop-off location will give not only the hundreds of punters who visit the Park weekly, an opportunity to practise responsible waste management but we’re also opening it up to the wider Gregory Park community with a view to influence behaviour and improve the general environmental practices in Jamaica.”

Last year, as part of its corporate social responsibility efforts, SVREL invested heavily in a solar energy project which saw over 3,000 solar panels installed at a cost of US$4 million. The project is slated to generate 1.6MW across three phases, which will significantly reduce the company’s carbon footprint.

Candice Ming, marketing and public relations manager for Recycling Partners of Jamaica, says the company welcomes partnership opportunities “... with influential entities, as it foreshadows a Jamaica where the corporate community has an active role in the protection and sustainability of the country’s environment. Caymanas Park has long been a stalwart in Jamaica’s sporting culture and, to implement recycling at their facilities with access to the wider Gregory Park area is the kind of growth Jamaica needs moving into 2024, as RPJ looks to collect more plastics and increase its production capacity. This partnership comes with an asset value of over $1M. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with SVREL”.