DEPUTIES have toured waste sites to understand better the issues of rubbish disposal and recycling.
Public Services organised the tour of the Longue Hougue recycling facility, Fontaine Vinery segregation site and Mont Cuet landfill before Wednesday’s States meeting debates its progress report. ‘I thought it might be helpful if members familiarised themselves with these three sites, especially Mont Cuet, which is our only tip and it’s filling up fast,’ said minister Bill Bell.
‘The States will have to decide before long the future of Guernsey’s waste disposal, so the more they know the better.’
Seventeen deputies were on Saturday’s tour, around twice as many as the previous one.
Deputy Bell was pleased with the turnout and said it was the first time at Longue Hougue for many of the politicians. They were impressed, he said, by the range of items that can be recycled there.
Deputy Rhoderick Matthews was on the tour and said it was encouraging to see people using the new site and not just dropping off items, but picking them up too.
‘It was interesting to see how the tonnage going into landfill has declined over the years, which shows what can be done,’ he said. ‘And a great deal more can be done so we don’t have to have any dreadful incinerator.’
Article posted on 10th March, 2008 - 2.29pm
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