The average household in Puerto Rico generates 5.5 lbs. of garbage per day, which ends in one of the 29 landfills or sanitary landfill systems existing on the island.
This ongoing program assesses current conditions and makes federal dollars and resources available to protect public health and the environment.
The Municipality of Carolina has invested $4.1 million to open a new cell that will extend the life of the town’s landfill system for another 20 years.