In turn businesses that take up the issue of garbage or rubbish will in time see a return on their investment.

Firstly, the Government Minister has already said that fees for tipping will be introduced for commercial dumpers.

At present the Cayman Islands is one of the few countries in the world that does not charge industry for the management of waste that comes from places such as building sites, restaurants, hotels, supermarkets or other industrial players.

Any commercial business formed to deal with waste management would be able to collect those fees in return for their services.

Secondly, the potential to turn waste into something else either through Waste to Energy projects (WTE) where garbage is converted into fuel or through recycling efforts, is becoming a profitable area.

The Cayman Islands is far too small to deal with the amount of rubbish generated by its population at present without turning it into something else.

As an affluent country, we are a disposable society and we currently produce an awful lot of waste, compounded by the fact that we have no substantial recycling programmes on the Islands.

Not unlike the problem with Cayman Airways, this country's national carrier or state own airlines anywhere, Governments are not effective in managing large capital commercial projects for profit.

In a world where the need to minimize Government becomes ever more important in the face of global economics, the Cayman Islands should also be trying to par down public sector responsibilities.

In this case too, persuading the electorate should be far easier than in the case of the National Carrier, as few people would see a romantic patriotic connection to Mount Trashmore, as the Hon Arden McLean, the Minister for Communication, Works and Infrastructure has christened the George Town landfill.

We can no longer afford to see our dump grow and with land at a premium here, it will be very hard to find further suitable plots to put future waste.

The answer has to be in recycling and fuel generating projects which are both profitable as well as environmentally friendly.

The George Town dump is already becoming a health hazard and we certainly need to see commercial dumpers paying to tip their rubbish, which will add some funds to the coffers to help develop future projects.

However, in the first instance, creating extensive recycling programmes and bringing the sophisticated technology required for Waste to Energy projects here to turn rubbish into fuel will be costly and a sum far better born by private sector investment than a Government which is already strapped for cash.

Waste Management is a real business with profit to be made and something that can easily and almost certainly be more efficiently managed in private hands.

And before the Government starts to make serious capital investment to begin addressing the problem, they would do well to ask themselves if they really are the right entity for the job.