The Return To Sender project is intended to bring home, in a very personal way to the owners of this garbage, the dumping problem frustrating Barbadians. Each package will be accompanied by a letter detailing where and when the garbage was found, and making an
appeal to the owner to exercise greater care over the disposal of garbage in future.

The project arose from the Green Action Line which has been investigating complaints of illegal dumping.

Garbage traced to the Bridgetown lawyer, was found at a site on the road leading to Rising Sun, Christ Church, where loads of construction rubble were disposed. One week later, at the same location, the garbage of the South Coast hotel was found. Last week, a Pine Hill Dairy buddy-pack came sailing through the window of a car with a St. Thomas registration at the traffic light junction at Hinds Hill, St. Michael. The effort of collecting this evidence is presently restricted to personnel of the Green Action Line.

Dr. Colin Hudson, director of Treading Lightly which operates the Green Action Line, said they took the action because the laws of Barbados appeared to be weak and as a result there had been no successful prosecutions.

“Therefore, in desperation, we are looking for ways to draw to the attention of people that this is unacceptable to the  public, it is not a good example for our children, and not good for our tourism industry.”