The National District’s government has signed an agreement with Cuba to bring in Cuban advisors to help elaborate a recycling program for Santo Domingo. The Cubans will begin with a study of how the District currently collects, treats and disposes of household and industrial wastes. Cuba has offered to provide equipment and experts to create a recycling system in the District, and to educate Santo Domingo citizens how to recycle their solid wastes. Recycling of plastic, steel, aluminum, glass and paper and board can reduce the load on landfills and help the municipality recover the costs of its waste collection program. Although the District government is interested in launching such a program, it has told the Cuban advisors that currently it does not have the funds to do so. The District government estimates that it would require about a RD$150 million investment to set up a recycling program citywide.
