States approve new £106-million incincerator

[the13th parish]

PLANS for a new £106-million incinerator at La Collette have been approved by the States.

Members voted by 30 votes to 21 to approve the scheme, after almost two full days of debate. There were two abstentions.

The proposal was put forward by Transport Minister Guy de Faye, who spoke on the urgent need for a new energy-from-waste plant to be commissioned. He said that the price of the plant had rocketed compared to the £60-million plant the States could have commissioned in 2000.

The plans were strongly opposed by an Environment Scrutiny Panel, chaired by Deputy Rob Duhamel. He warned Members that approval of the scheme would ‘crowd out recycling initiatives’.

once they have the money planning permission etc job done

[crappogre]

Sounds like it'll be another interesting list of who voted how -
to be used come election time

[onecheesey]

I wonder what hole they will find now to chuck the fly-ash into. Maybe thay could fill in one of our bays or possibly reclamation at St.Aubins. Didn't I read that the plant would be out-of-date by the time it was built anyway?

[eastrock]

Well the votes were a bit closer this time. Guy De Fool is probably having a big glass of diesel as we speak. Hat off to Rob, he did his best. Not easy to convert a bunch of backwards facing politicians to look to the future. There is money to be made in recycling. But obviously not enough to line their pockets.

[nickpalmer]

I was quite encouraged by the vote - at 30v21 it was only 4.5 votes either side of the middle. It will prove to be a pyrrhic victory for TTS. I bet Frank Walker £10 (by email) that the decision would prove to be disastrous, within ten years from today, and he emailed back "deal!!!"

If there was anything positive to be taken from the debate, it was that literally every speaker strongly committed themselves to, and spoke in favour of, much increased efforts to achieve greater recycling. Looks like we might get Island wide kerbside recycling (collection of recyclables from your residence) pretty sharpish...

[Bea]

Something to be discussed with our respective parish officials.Also as they do in some countries ,they have an area in stores where you can take off any excess wrappers ,and boxes ,and make it their responsibility to dispose of the waste they generate in food production .
My brother on mainland has been used to road side recycling for a couple of years now .
They were supplied with the boxes ,and have glass distributions points in most car parks and supermarkets .
With the seagull population ,our bins would have to be very secure .
Even if my current wheelie bin is slightly open ,they get in ,and have spent a few mornings clearing up after their forays .
We have to push the Connetables on this issue ourselves .
Will draw up a reply to mine ,as this parish is very slow on the uptake.

[overandout]

Yup, kerbside recycling is a way of life over here. We have a green box for tins and glass, and a blue bag for paper. The recycling truck comes on the same day as our normal bin lorry, so it's no bother.