Editing Maurits van Hetten (section)

== Career ==

Van Hetten initially operated the dump site himself. He collected construction debris by horse cart and transported reusable material away from the disposal area when it could be sold or used again.

On 14 March 1936, Van Hetten purchased a Ford Model 51 truck fitted with a wooden-sided tipping body. The truck took over much of the heavier hauling work, although horse carts continued to be used for lighter loads.

The dump site remained open throughout the [[Second World War]]. It received debris from civilian building work. Waste from military construction projects around Paramaribo was also deposited there.

Van Hetten expanded the site after the war. On 7 August 1946, it began accepting household waste in addition to construction debris. He purchased a second-hand Ruston-Bucyrus 10-RB cable excavator on 16 July 1947. The machine was configured as a dragline and used to excavate disposal areas and maintain drainage channels.

Van Hetten's eldest son, Ewald, had joined the business full-time on 16 July 1945. Maurits began training him on the Ruston-Bucyrus machine on 6 August 1947. His younger son, Wijnand, began helping at the site after school on 1 September that year.<ref name="sons"/>

On 7 August 1951, Van Hetten acquired a Hitachi U06 cable-operated shovel. The machine became Ewald's principal equipment at the dump site. Wijnand later established a separate salvage section on 15 June 1958, where reusable materials and machinery parts were stored.<ref name="wijnand"/>

Van Hetten retired on 1 April 1968 and transferred ownership of the dump site to Wijnand. Ewald continued working there as its principal crane and excavator operator. Maurits continued visiting the site and advising Wijnand until 10 September 1973.