DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader officially launched the first phase of a historic transformation and environmental cleanup of the Duquesa landfill on Tuesday, 10 February 2026. The landfill site is located in northern Santo Domingo.

The initiative is a new phase in the major effort toward sustainable solid waste management for Greater Santo Domingo’s 3.8 million residents.

The program is being executed by the Ministry of Environment with financial backing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).

The project, which carries a total investment of US$110 million, aims to mitigate long-standing public health risks and environmental degradation. During the ceremony, President Abinader emphasized that the intervention is not merely a closure of a dump site...