KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition spokesman on environment and climate resilience and Member of Parliament for St Mary Central, Omar Newell, has welcomed the Government’s proposed ticketing system for travel waste offences, while calling for a wider overhaul of the country’s waste management framework.

According to a release on Friday, Newell said the proposed measure should serve as a starting point for a more comprehensive national strategy to address Jamaica’s solid waste challenges.

“I welcome any step that takes seriously the damage that indiscriminate waste disposal is doing to our communities, our drains, our coastlines and our image as a nation. A ticketing system is a start but Jamaica’s solid waste crisis demands a comprehensive national response; not a single regulation in isolation,” he said.