Destined to be inaugurated in 1992, the light-house is planned to project a beam visible all over the Caribbean. Dominicans joke however, that the most dramatic effect when the lighthouse is switched on will be the final collapse of the creaking electrical system in Santo Domingo, their capital city. Waste from more than 1,000 trains a day plus the refuse from railway offices, two dozen shops and four restaurants fill four 800-litre containers every day. Separate containers are provided for recycling paper, glass, aluminium and other metals and compost. Waste from trains is sorted by railway workers, while the shops and restaurants sort their own.
Packaging material is reduced to pulp on-site.
The remainder goes to the incinerator, as before. Only 3.6 tonnes of waste a month now goes to the incinerator, instead of the previous 10 tonnes. Well, well, well Satellite images have led to a spectacular discovery of water beneath Egypt s Western Desert. There is speculation that it may contain more ground water than was thought to exist in the whole of Africa. A test drilling has indicated enough water for farming 200,000 acres for the next 200 years.