Big pink garbage truck saving lives in The Bahamas

By Michelle Nurse On Jan 15, 2015

Pink-Truck — Saving lives in The Bahamas – The Big Pink Garbage Truck

Last October, Bahamas Waste unveiled their big pink truck to raise awareness of cancer and during this special unveiling, Hon. Melanie Griffin, Minister of Social Services and Community Development said, “You cannot fight breast cancer – or any other form of cancer – with ribbons alone, you fight it with a team.”

During the unveiling ceremony, Minister Griffin took the first selfie with the truck and launched the #BigPinkPics cancer awareness selfie promotion. From October through December 2014, Nassau residents joined the Bahamas Waste team and various cancer groups by taking #BigPinkPics with the colourful big pink garbage truck to help raise awareness of cancer and to advocate cancer screenings and early detection.

“I just want to thank everyone that was involved in the promotion,” said Francisco de Cardenas, Managing Director of Bahamas Waste. “At the end of the day if we encourage just one person to get tested, it was successful.”