3. Results
A summary of total weight of solid waste arrivals to ERSL was
produced as part of the benchmarking from landfill records and
EWM billing records. Island-wide, the amount of solid waste entering
the ERSL has increased by 25% each year since 2010. Fig. 6
presents the total amount of solid waste entering the ERSL from
2006 through 2013. The amount of solid waste generated monthly
on Exuma increases significantly (ANOVA; p = 0.1) each year after 2010 with the opening of SEB resort. The ERSL was designed to have
four cells, only the first cell was constructed and lined. Tourism
contributed directly to solid waste accumulation through resort
operations, and indirectly through increased jobs, businesses and
infrastructure to support the resort. The operation of SEB resort
accounted for as much as 35% of total solid waste generated on
Exuma (directly and indirectly) over the past three years in a single,
unsorted waste stream (based on pre- and post-opening of SEB
records).