Standards

This CARICOM Regional Standard provides requirements for the implementation and maintenance of a solid waste management programme for tourism establishments.

This standard does not apply to:

a)    organisations such as government ministries, regulatory departments and agencies, associations and statutory bodies that do not provide a tourism related service; and

b)    solid solutions, solids in solutions and non-solid waste.

EXAMPLE   Solid solutions include construction steel, brass and amalgam waste which may arise from construction, plumbing, dentistry and other activities. 

This CARICOM Regional Standard specifies requirements for the management of sewage including collection, treatment and disposal, and other effluents generated at tourism establishments.

This standard does not apply to organisations such as government ministries, regulatory departments and agencies, associations and statutory bodies that do not provide a tourism related service.

This standard specifies requirements for an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system developed and implemented within a tourism establishment.

This regional standard is applicable to IPM programmes throughout tourism establishments.

This standard does not apply to organisations such as government ministries, regulatory departments and agencies, associations, and statutory bodies, that do not provide a tourism related service.

This standard outlines minimum requirements for performance, labelling, construction and testing of non-medical face masks. These non-medical face masks are intended to reduce the risk of general transmission of infectious agents but do not fall under the ambit of personal protective equipment (PPE).

This standard is applicable to non-medical face masks made out of paper, plastic, fabric or any other breathable materials, synthetic or natural, that are disposable or reusable. It also applies to non-medical face masks that are stitched or bonded by any other methods.

This standard does not apply to the following types of face masks:

a)     folded without stitching;

b)     medical; and

c)      elastomeric particulate respirators.

This standard does not address flame resistance, high-heat, electrical arc or related hazards.

This national standard specifies requirements for a management system where a micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise:

a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently meet applicable requirements for quality and occupational safety and health; and

b) aims to enhance its performance, through the process of continual improvement, assurance of conformity to applicable quality and occupational safety and health requirements, and the prevention of nonconformity by the application of this system.