WILLEMSTAD - The waste collection ompany Selikor will receive advances this year that will be paid in instalments. In the long run, a budget neutral solution is needed for the waste collection service. This was confirmed by the Minister of Finance Javier Silvania.
The Curaçao government has about sixty million guilders in outstanding debt with Selikor. If nothing is done about this, the garbage collection service will go bankrupt within five years, said the director of the company Wesley Kook.
Because a solution has been found for the money shortage before 2022, no jobs will be lost at Selikor this year. In the meantime, the government will look for a structural solution, said Minister Silvania.
The Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN) wants to reimburse 38 million guilders per year. That is more than seven million guilders less than the budget that Selikor itself proposed.
People are asking what the government is doing with the monthly payment they make for Selikor to pick up garbage. One thing is for sure, Selikor is not the one getting the money.