Coconut vendors say any decision to ban the sale of bottled coconut water will make it more difficult for them to earn a living, and want officials to re-examine the decision.
One such vendor is "Handy Randy" who operates outside the Deighton Griffith School in Kingsland, Christ Church.
"These inspectors need to take time to consider the dangers that will occur if coconut shells are given to customers. They say the garbage trucks are damaged by the shells, but these are the same trucks that will have to take away the shells from all the households," Randy said while rushing to fill an order of three bottles for a customer.
In this Sandy Pitt-Grant photo above, however, this customer opted to have his drink from the shell.