The provincial government indicates it is looking at solutions to addressing an environmental black mark in what should be an ecological jewel.
Action has been sought for years to address the garbage flowing from the former dump near the Fortune Head Ecological Reserve on the Burin Peninsula.
Exposed garbage at the Fortune Head Landfill, and vintage garbage washing up on beaches in Orkney, Scotland
Coastal erosion has exposed and released decades of buried household garbage into the ocean and surrounding landscape.
Grand Bank MHA Paul Pike calls the situation an “environmental embarrassment.”
He says a report was presented to government in April of 2025 with a plan for remediation and he asked Environment Minister Andrea Barbour for an update.
Minister Barbour says she is aware of the situation, and the department is currently evaluating a “cost-effective solution” to the problem.
